In one of the most remote corners of the Canadian Arctic, a remarkable scientific endeavor is underway to document an ecosystem before climate change renders it unrecognizable.
The North Water polynya, an expanse of roughly 85,000 square kilometers situated between Canada and Greenland, has historically remained ice-free even during the harshest winters.
Terry Noah, an Inuit researcher based in Grise Fiord—Canada's northernmost public community, a hamlet of just 144 residents—plays a pivotal role in this effort.
Operating from a mobile laboratory housed in a shipping container, Noah collects oceanographic data by lowering submersible instruments through the sea ice.
諾亞在一間由貨櫃改建的移動式實驗室中工作，透過將潛水儀器降入海冰之下，收集海洋學數據。
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He subsequently transmits his findings to Andrew Hamilton, a research scientist at the University of Alberta, who analyzes the changing conditions in Jones Sound and Baffin Bay.