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CTV News
20-06-2025
- General
- CTV News
Sponsored content: A global navy celebration
Atlantic Watch Brianne Foley chats with the Commanding Officer of the HMCS Margaret Brooke as part of Halifax Fleet Week 2025.
CBC
10-06-2025
- CBC
Come aboard with us, breaking ice in Antarctica
Take a seat in the captain's chair, dodging icebergs and breaking ice, as CBC News gets exclusive access to the first all-Canadian expedition to the Antarctic. Come aboard HMCS Margaret Brooke on its historic journey.
CBC
05-06-2025
- General
- CBC
How to watch CBC's coverage of 1st all-Canadian Antarctic expedition
Antarctica is like nowhere else on Earth. Icy and unforgiving and not owned by any one nation. But with threats to polar security and the splintering world order, can Antarctica stay neutral and unclaimed? In February, CBC's international climate correspondent Susan Ormiston, along with her producer and videographer, joined polar climate scientists and the Canadian Navy for a month-long journey to the Antarctic. It was the first all-Canadian trip to the continent. With exclusive access, Susan and her team documented stunning vistas, curious penguins and the gritty daily grind of scientific field work as HMCS Margaret Brooke made its way through towering icebergs, beyond the Antarctic Circle to the South Pole. Up close and personal with a melting glacier Some of their footage and reporting was captured in a one-hour special program about the historic Canadian Antarctic expedition. Here's when and where else you can watch:
Canada Standard
13-05-2025
- Science
- Canada Standard
HMCS Margaret Brooke returns from historic Operation PROJECTION
May 9, 2025 - Ottawa, ON - National Defence / Canadian Armed Forces His Majesty's Canadian Ship (HMCS) Margaret Brooke has successfully completed Operation (Op) PROJECTION, marking the end of a historic deployment to the South American, Antarctic, and Caribbean regions. This mission, which began on January 10, 2025, was the first visit to Antarctica by a Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) vessel, supporting the first all-Canadian scientific research expedition to the region. During the deployment, HMCS Margaret Brooke built and enhanced international relationships, in cooperation with Global Affairs Canada, through multiple port visits and engagements with regional partners throughout South America and the Caribbean. In Antarctica, the ship supported Canadian scientists in conducting vital research, showcasing Canada's commitment to understanding this unique polar environment. The crew of HMCS Margaret Brooke demonstrated exceptional professionalism and dedication throughout Op PROJECTION. Their efforts have strengthened Canada's forward presence and diplomacy in the Central and South Americas, contributing to international peace and security. The climate change research conducted in the Antarctic region will benefit Canadians and the world by improving understanding of climate change impacts
National Post
10-05-2025
- Science
- National Post
Royal Canadian Navy ship takes 'amazing' four month voyage to Antarctica and back
The Royal Canadian Navy returned to Halifax Friday from a deployment to Antarctica with tales of spotting exotic wildlife and samples that could lead to a greater understanding of climate change. Article content Article content HMCS Margaret Brooke's four-month voyage took the Arctic and offshore patrol ship to South America and beyond, logging close to 25,000 nautical miles, or 46,300 kilometres. Article content Article content 'It's been just such an amazing experience to visit an area of the world where less than one per cent of the world's population has visited,' said Cmdr. Teri Share, the skipper of Margaret Brooke. Article content 'Not only were we able to do all this amazing work with science in the south, within Antartica, but the relationships that we built with Latin American countries on the way south and north was just phenomenal,' Share said. 'It's in an area where the RCN hasn't been able to really operate in the last couple of decades. So, it's been amazing to be able to help build those relationships again.' Article content The ship, crewed by 83 people, carried both sailors and scientists. Article content 'We traveled to the South Shetland Islands and then along the Antarctic Peninsula collecting a lot of sea floor data and water column data to understand the effect of climate change on retreating glaciers,' said Alex Normandeau, a research scientist from Natural Resources Canada who made the trip with Margaret Brooke. Article content Article content Article content Article content One of their tasks was to learn more about how glaciers are retreating. Article content 'Some of the things we were looking at (are) where glaciers were positioned, for example, 50 or 100 years ago and how fast that retreat happened, and to do that we collect some sediment cores to go back in time,' Normandeau said. Article content Scientists plan to start analyzing those samples at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography next week. Article content 'When we open those cores and look at the different layers that we see in there, that's when we'll have a better story to tell about climate change,' said the marine geologist. Article content 'We hope to learn about the rate of glacier retreat related to climate change over the years and how that has evolved through time. So, has it been increasing over the last 10 years or the last 20 years?' Article content
