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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
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Happy Geologists' Day! Even as a child, I collected rocks! My studies in geology & geophysics have taken me to every continent. I discovered these rope lavas in a rift valley in Thingvellir National Park, Iceland #geologists #explorers ⚒⚒ ⚒⚒ @GeologyPage @GeologyyScience
Vancouver-based outdoor apparel companies pivot manufacturing to produce 90,000 hospital gowns for @VCHhealthcare workers: @MustangSurvival @Arcteryx and others apply skills in making waterproof jackets & drysuits to produce #survivalsuits for #COVID19
B.C. outdoor wear companies change gears, start making protective gowns for health-care workers | CBC News
A B.C. company specializing in life jackets and survival suits has jumped into the COVID-19 crisis to manufacture life-protecting hospital gowns for ...
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Proud to be a 2020 inductee of the Women Divers Hall of Fame, an organization that recognizes and honors the contributions of women in diving: Apply by May 31 for one of these 20 $1000 educational grants @WDHOF #scubadiving #leaders #mentors #rolemodels https://t.co/YREN27SDzB
I love the outpouring of gratitude from Canadians for these brilliant female leaders. #Integrity #trust
Canada’s chief medical officers put women’s leadership in spotlight
Women are still underrepresented in health leadership positions, but a group of rockstar chief medical officers are showing us what it looks like.
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We're busy inspiring the next generation of polar explorers during the #COVID19Pandemic! Sedna's @JacAshby asked our geoscientist @SusanREaton_Geo to develop a #homeschooling class for her 9-yr-old son who asked amazing questions #WomenInSTEM #Shackleton @RCGS_SGRC @ExplorersClub
Jacqueline "One Caribou Apart" Ashby on Twitter
“Thank you to our favourite🇨🇦Explorer & Geoscientist @SusanREaton_Geo for your time, energy, & wisdom shared with us! We learned a...
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What a pleasure to participate in the #homeschooling of your 9-year-old son, discussing the role that #geologists have played in polar exploration—from Antarctica to the Arctic! #stayhomestaysafe #COVID19Pandemic #WomenInSTEM @SednaEpic @ExplorersClub @RCGS_SGRC @PlanArctic
Jacqueline "One Caribou Apart" Ashby on Twitter
“Thank you to our favourite🇨🇦Explorer & Geoscientist @SusanREaton_Geo for your time, energy, & wisdom shared with us! We learned a...
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Thank you to our favourite🇨🇦Explorer & Geoscientist @SusanREaton_Geo for your time, energy, & wisdom shared with us! We learned about #Antarctica; #OceanChange, #ClimateChange; details of Shackleton's expeditions; & #geology. Such a fantastic day! #Homeschooling #InterviewExperts
Social distancing isn’t a new idea—it saved thousands of American lives during the last great pandemic: Efforts to flatten the curve during the 1918 #SpanishFlu pandemic may offer lessons to battle today's crisis #COVID_19 #stayhomestaysafe @NatGeo https://t.co/UslmHGYiWU
What a great resource if you're home schooling kids during the COVID19 pandemic! On April 6, Sedna's marine biologist Jenny Bortoluzzi delivered a Sharks4Kids webinar called "Intro to Sharks."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKS9PFZ0Wz4
Jenny is a PhD researcher at Trinity College Dublin where she studies the ecology of large marine predators, including whales and sharks. She led the Sedna Epic Expedition's environmental DNA sea water sampling program (for orca DNA!) during our November 23-December 2, 2019, expedition to Norway's northernmost fjords.
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Our Sedna Norway 2019 team took water samples for Dimitri Deheyn Lab At Sio with the orcas for this cutting-edge lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Great article on his work here:
To Study a Problem That’s Everywhere, They’re Getting Creative
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Dimitri Deheyn’s lab has become a hub of novel research on the microfibers found in our waterways and even the air we breathe.ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑎᕗᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ Word of the day
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ᑖᓐᓇ ᓇᕿᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᕌᕈᑦ ᓈᓚᓐᓂᐊᕋᕕᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᕋᕕᑦ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᔾᔪᓯᖓᓂᒃ:
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Word of the day
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unikkaaqtuat
u-nik-kaaq-tu-at
Legends
(Image: Ningeokuluk Teevee’s Sedna’s Creation)
Follow the link to hear the word of the day and learn how to pronounce it:
ᑖᓐᓇ ᓇᕿᓪᓗᒍ ᑐᕌᕈᑦ ᓈᓚᓐᓂᐊᕋᕕᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᓕᕆᔾᔪᑕᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕐᓂᐊᕋᕕᑦ ᑕᐃᔭᐅᔾᔪᓯᖓᓂᒃ:
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