CTD sampling in Cambridge Bay, Dease Strait and Queen Maud Gulf, Nunavut

Conductivity, temperature, as well as other properties at different depths are important characteristics of seawater, with significant effects on the ecology of the ocean in the Arctic. To gain an idea about these seawater properties south of Victoria Island, CTD samplings have been performed from the Martin Bergmann research vessel in the Cambridge Bay, Dease Strait and Queen Maud Gulf by CJ Mundy of the University of Manitoba. Additionally, in order to determine the ideal depth of the CHARS seawater intake pipe, and to meet the required salinity and temperature of the seawater flown into CHARS aquaria, a more targeted CTD sampling has been performed in a section of the east arm of Cambridge Bay offshore of the future CHARS site. This has been accomplished both with a smaller CTD probe launched from a skiff by CHARS staff (data in Ruskin file with extension .rsk, and same data in comma-separated text file, .csv, and Excel spreadsheet, .xls), as well as the larger CTD probe of the 'Martin Bergmann' research vessel by CJ Mundy (data in text files with .int extension).