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On February 14, 2022 at 8:29:55 AM CST, Gravatar Yanique Campbell:
  • Updated description of IPY-CFL from

    As part of the 2007-08 International Polar Year, the Canadian government funded an international, multi-year Arctic climate change study based out of the University of Manitoba. Over 350 scientists from 27 different countries, organized into 10 teams, participated in this multidisciplinary and collaborative project. Field work was performed on board the CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian Arctic.
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    As part of the 2007-08 International Polar Year, the Canadian government funded an international, multi-year Arctic climate change study based out of the University of Manitoba. Over 350 scientists from 27 different countries, organized into 10 teams, participated in this multidisciplinary and collaborative project. Field work was performed on board the CCGS Amundsen in the Canadian Arctic. <br><br/> **Overview** The Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) system study is a Canadian‐led International Polar Year (IPY) initiative that is multidisciplinary in nature, integrating physical sciences, biological sciences and Inuvialuit traditional knowledge. The CFL study is designed to investigate the importance of changing climate processes in the flaw lead system of the northern hemisphere on the physical, biogeochemical and biological components of the Arctic marine system. The circumpolar flaw lead is a perennial characteristic of the Arctic throughout the winter season and forms when the mobile multi‐year (MY) pack ice moves away from coastal fast ice, creating recurrent and interconnected polynyas in the Norwegian, Icelandic, North American and Siberian sectors of the Arctic. The CFL study was 293 days in duration and involved the overwintering of the Canadian research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen in the Cape Bathurst flaw lead throughout the annual sea‐ice cycle of 2007–2008.


  • Changed value of field keywords to Beaufort Sea,Canadian Arctic Archipelago,Carbon dioxide,Climate change,Marine birds,Marine mammals,Modeling,Nutrient cycling,Primary production,Sea ice,Traditional Knowledge in IPY-CFL