Michelle Saunders and Carla Pamak are the first Nunatsiavut members aboard the Canadian Coast Guard ship Amundsen for its annual research expedition through the Labrador Sea. Their cultural knowledge comes in handy when a rough day at sea causes the ship to seek refuge in Hebron, a former Inuit community.
The Canadian Coast Guard ship Amundsen pulls double duty as an icebreaker and research vessel. Scientists aboard for its most recent expedition give a peek at their work and the creatures they study.
"You'll end up in really cool places in your life and in the world, like in the Arctic." Researcher Eugenie Jacobsen explains where a career in marine biology can take you.
Somewhere in the Antarctic Ocean lives the colossal squid, a creature so rare and mysterious that it has never been filmed in its natural habitat. But a team from Newfoundland and Labrador is hoping to be the first, and they've gone to the ends of the earth to do it.