Our group was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada for Ship Time to sample the Northwest Passage this year. The research mission was dubbed RADCARBBS (Radiocarbon Distributions and Carbon Cycling between Baffin Bay and the Beaufort Sea).
Our group participated on a research cruise to Baffin Bay in the summer of 2019. Our work was focused on understanding both the ventillation age of Baffin Bay, and using 14C as a tracer for organic matter cycling in this rapidly changing Arctic region.
Our group is excited to be working with the NMR facility at uOttawa in unraveling the mysteries of DOM composition in the ocean. We are very thankful for the expertise and training we have received from Facility manager Dr. Glenn Facey - who also has a wonderfully resourceful NMR blog!