This November, we went north up the coast of
Banks Island into McClure Strait where the multiyear pack ice was heavily decayed," expedition leader Dave Barber tells me in January.
Sachs Harbour, on
Banks Island, above the Arctic Circle, is sinking into the permafrost.
The ferry M/V Carteret, which makes a passage of more than two hours between the Outer
Banks island of Ocracoke and the mainland town of Cedar Island to the southwest, began monitoring water quality the next winter, in February.
Picking results have now been received for 130 stream samples collected in the summer of 2005 on
Banks Island.
The investment by SilverStream is a significant milestone for
Banks Island Gold Ltd.
This year he will lead field crews to Norman Wells and
Banks Island in the Northwest Territories.
ION's ArcticSPAN(TM) program now offers regional exploration teams more than 40,000 km of deeply imaged seismic data in the Arctic region covering the Beaufort-MacKenzie,
Banks Island, Chukchi, East Greenland Rift, and Danmarkshavn basins.
But forecasters said the hurricane could strengthen when it crosses the warm waters of the Gulf Stream on a projected course that could take it straight into the Outer
Banks island chain off North Carolina early tomorrow.
16, chronicles the experiences of the people of Sachs Harbour on
Banks Island in the northwestern Arctic, whose lives and lands are being directly affected by warming temperatures.
On the southernmost shard stands the diamond-backed Cape Lookout lighthouse, overlooking not only the treacherous waters, but also the wild horses of the adjacent Shackleford
Banks island, upon which their equine ancestors were once shipwrecked.
The most recent additions to the ArcticSPAN seismic data library, known as 'Beaufort II & III', provide high-resolution subsurface images of prospective targets in the Arctic region, including first-ever looks into the deep water Beaufort-Mackenzie Basin and the western margin of
Banks Island.
The remote Arctic Ocean site is a three hour flight by twin otter north of Alaska and north-west of the
Banks Island hamlet of Sachs Harbour.
