July 28, 2021
Lat: 59°12 N' N, Long: 030°18' W
Winds: Northwest at 17 knots
Air temperature 9.7 ° C
The Louis St Laurent is now more than half way through its 11 day journey. Since the vessel left the dock at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia it has travelled over 1600 nautical miles. The ship is expected to arrive in Tromsø, Norway on August 2nd where the seabed mapping portion of the voyage will be concluded.
The location of the Louis St Laurent on July 28th 2016
Elizabeth Weidner from the University of Hampshire's Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Cente & CHS Hydrographers collecting & processing data onboard the ship