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A communication project, consisting of a 52-minute television documentary, 12 educational web videos/modules and blogs, is being developed in collaboration with creative professionals: Parafilms, Kgnfu, Criterium, and Eclats de lumiere. The project is being led by Julie Sansoulet.

Download visual documents: logos and slide templates.

Documentary film Arctic Bloom :

The team is working on a documentary movie entitled ARCTIC BLOOM. This film will document the GREEN EDGE 2015 & 2016 ice camps near Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunuvut as well as the 2016 oceanographic campaign abord the CCGS Amundsen. In addition to presenting the work of the scientific team, the film will showcase the adventure of these missions and the integration of the research group in the Inuit community. We invite you to get a taste of the excitement by watching the trailer:

educational materials:

All twelve web videos are now available online. They are available in English, French and Inuktitut. Feel free to share them with your network!

  1. General information about the AO English French Inuktitut
  2. Impacts of climate change on the AO English French Inuktitut
  3. Arctic Marine Ecosystems English French Inuktitut
  4. Spring phytoplankton bloom English French Inuktitut
  5. Biological pump English French Inuktitut
  6. Observing the oceans using satellites English French Inuktitut
  7. How to go back in time to study Arctic ecosystems English French Inuktitut
  8. Ocean circulation English French Inuktitut
  9. Exploring the AO with new in-situ technologies English-1 English-2 French-1 French-2 Inuktitut-1 Inuktitut-2
  10. Mathematical ocean models English French Inuktitut
  11. Hunting, fishing and diet of Inuit living near the ice-edge English French Inuktitut
  12. DMS (Dimethyl sulfide) English French Inuktitut

Educational Modules

Each video is paired with an educational module developed by a team of secondary school teachers. Designed for students aged 11 to 15, the twelve modules cover the following

Ice camp blog 2015 and 2016:


The 2015 and 2016 Green Edge field campaigns were operated from an icecamp on landfast ice near Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut. The camp was set up in mid-March in 2015 or late-April in 2016, and snow, ice and water column processes were continuously monitored until ice melt in late June - early July. Scientists and partners documented the following blogs.

Ice camp 2015

Ice camp and Ice-breaker 2016

Funding comes from the NSERC PromoScience program, the CERC in Remote Sensing of Canada's New Arctic Frontier, Airbus Foundation, Total Foundation, CNRS Images.