Susan R. Eaton
P. Geol., P. Geoph., M.Sc., B.Sc. Hon., B.J. (Journalism) Hon.
President, SR ECO Consultants Inc.
Founder & Leader, Sedna Epic Expedition
Geoscientist / Explorer / Journalist / Speaker
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Katujjiqatigit / Working Together: The all-female Sedna Epic Expedition brings a changing ocean to eye level for coastal Inuit communities
BANK TO THE LEFT, bank to the right. Tethered to diver propulsion vehicles, the women flew through emerald-green waters at six kilometres per hour, dodging sculpted ice formations off the northern coast of Labrador. They soon discovered that snorkelling in pack ice is a contact sport. After several star-inducing head bumps, the team’s dive physician determined that helmets would be standard gear for future expeditions.
Bringing the Ocean to Eye Level for Inuit in the Arctic
Bank to the left; bank to the right: Tethered to a diver propulsion vehicle, I flew through emerald-green arctic waters at six kilometres per hour, dodging sculpted ice formations off the northern coast of Labrador, Canada.
Susan R. Eaton
A geoscientist, journalist and explorer, Susan R. Eaton studies the interplay of plate tectonics, oceans, glaciers, climate and life in polar regions.
A Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Susan explores the world’s oceans—from Antarctica to the Arctic—in the snorkel zone, a unique land-sea-ice-air interface where charismatic animals and snorkelers comingle.
In 2018, Ocean Geographic named Susan one of the “Ocean’s Best” 18 most influential women leaders in ocean conservation.
Twelve years ago, Susan suffered a scuba diving trauma that landed her in a hyperbaric chamber for three days, ending her 30-year diving career. Undaunted, her up-close-and-personal relationship with the ocean—which had included studying marine biology and teaching scuba diving—didn’t end in the hyperbaric chamber…
Redefining her relationship with the ocean, Susan has snorkeled with thousands of chatty belugas Hudson Bay and with docile manatees at Crystal River, Florida. She’s snorkeled in the Galapagos Archipelago where sea turtles, sea lions and nurse sharks outnumber snorkelers. In Haida Gwaii, she’s assisted the Haida Nation, snorkeling northern rivers to count salmon migrating to their ancestral spawning grounds. Susan has come face-to-mask with charging 1,400-pound leopard seals in the Southern Ocean—so close, in fact, that she could count the freckles on their upper palates and inspect their tri-serrated teeth which dispatch 30-pound penguins in mere minutes.
On Canada’s 150th birthday in 2017, Susan was honoured to be included in the book by Paulina Cameron, entitled “Canada 150 Women: Conversations with Leaders, Champions and Luminaries.”
In 2015, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society named Susan one of Canada’s top 100 modern-day explorers and trailblazers. A year later, the same organization named her one of Canada’s 25 greatest female explorers.
Sedna Epic Norway 2019: Women’s Leadership & Winter Snorkel
Please consider supporting a portion of my personal costs to lead the Sedna Epic Expedition’s women’s leadership program and winter snorkel expedition to Norway in November 2019.
Every donation is welcome and accretive to my bottom line.
Warm regards, Susan
VIDEOS
Martial Glacier, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Garmin Women of Adventure: It’s Up to Us, with Susan R. Eaton
Sedna Epic: Seawomen To Snorkel Northwest
SOCIAL MEDIA
If and when a permafrost slump reaches the Alaska Highway, many of the Yukon’s northern communities will be cut off from Whitehorse, as will that city’s only connection to neighbouring Alaska.
This little-known climate change hazard is creeping across northern Canada. These scientists are trying to fight it
Permafrost slumps — where the land collapses in on itself — are threatening infrastructure in the Yukon and elsewhere.
www.thestar.com
Happy #PolarPride2021 day! Launched in 2020 with participation from 49 countries, Nov. 18 is the International day of LGBTQ+ people engaged in #STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) in polar regions #LGBTQSTEMDay #diversity #inclusion #peaceandscience #solidarity
Leonard Cohen recites “In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKoJvHcMLfc
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay2021
To avoid turning into midnight munchies, small fish, often no bigger than pocket change, employ a frequently observed and clever strategy of swimming inside a salp, a type of barrel-shaped, gelatinous marine animal #oceans #environment @hakaimagazine
One Great Shot: An Invisible Shield for Fish | Hakai Magazine
When you’re at the bottom of the food chain, even transparent protection helps.
www.hakaimagazine.com
Soldier and Girl at Station
Alex Colville
1953
Without immediate action to combat #climatechange, rising sea levels, water scarcity and declining crop productivity, climate "hot spots" will emerge as soon as 2030 and worsen by 2050, says the @WorldBank in a new report #climateemergency
Climate change could trigger internal migration of 216 million people - World Bank
216 million people could be forced to migrate within their own countries by 2050 due to climate change, according to a new report from the World Bank.
www.weforum.org
Today on National Indigenous Veterans Day we honour the service and sacrifices of Indigenous veterans—past, present and future—from coast to coast to coast.
Gilakas’la. 🙏🏽🧡🙌🏾
#IndigenousVeteransDay #CanadaRemembers #LestWeForget
Breathtaking! The aurora borealis dances over Tromsø, Norway, which is located at close to 70 degrees north latitude.
Meet Jo-Ann Wilkins of AquaPixels, Sedna's principal photographer and the woman behind many of the incredible images captured during our ocean research and winter snorkel expedition to Norway's Arctic fjords in November-December 2019.
Jo-Ann was just about to board our expedition vessel, the M/S Freya. It was snowing heavily when Sedna's sea women departed Tromsø.
In November-December 2022, Sedna’s team of 32 sea women returns to Norway’s artic fjords with, building on the ocean research we conducted in 2019.
#seawomen #sednaepic #sednaepicexpedition #AquaPixels Sedna Epic Expedition Waterproof Cruises & Expeditions Waterproof International Garmin Outdoor The Explorers Club The Explorers Club- Canadian Chapter Royal Canadian Geographical Society Canadian Geographic PADI NAUI Worldwide SSI
CHAPEAU !
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Word of the day ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᒥᔪᖅ Ukiuqpallialirmijuq (u-kiuq-pa-llia-lir-mi-juq)
Winter is coming
(Image: Papiara Tukiki's Winter)
Go to the Qikiqtani Inuit Assoc.'s Word of the Day website to learn more Inuktitut words and phrases:
ᑕᑯᓂᐊᕆᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᒋᕙᑦᑕᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᒃᑲᓂᕐᓂᐊᕋᕕᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓯᕐᓂᓪᓗ:
www.qia.ca/word-of-the-day/Word of the day
ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ #Inuktitut
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᒥᔪᖅ
Ukiuqpallialirmijuq
u-kiuq-pa-llia-lir-mi-juq
Winter is coming
(Image: Papiara Tukiki's Winter)
Go to our Word of the Day website to learn more Inuktitut words and phrases:
ᑕᑯᓂᐊᕆᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᒋᕙᑦᑕᑎᓐᓄᑦ ᐃᓕᒃᑲᓂᕐᓂᐊᕋᕕᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᑦ ᐅᖃᕈᓯᕐᓂᓪᓗ:
www.qia.ca/word-of-the-day/