ArcticEarth

The Arctic is undergoing dramatic and irreversible change, traceable to climate. "What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic.” When it comes to the climate crisis, this oft-repeated phrase is particularly true. The cooling Labrador Current is weakening. Consequently, the neighboring Gulf of Maine is warming faster than 99% of the world's oceans. And this is just one of multiple vital connections between "Arctic" and "Earth." Compass Light has witnessed these linkages in over 30 high-latitude films we have produced in the last 30 years (one recent film from Greenland at right*).

Our ArcticEarth Expeditions project is a 6-year commitment to future story development and production focused on the eastern Arctic and its southern gateway. This region starts in our home waters of the Gulf of Maine and stretches north to the Labrador Sea, Davis Strait, and Baffin Bay. To accomplish this goal, we are positioning a 56-foot professionally crewed wind-powered high-latitude vessel in these waters between 2021 and 2026. This expeditionary platform will assist the work of our filmmakers and colleagues, and will also support marine research and carbon drawdown work.  This work will be conducted in collaboration with -and in some cases initiated by- the indigenous people of this region. Operations will include scuba surveys and underwater cinematography, UAV aerial surveys and cinematography, profiling CTD and water sampling plus underwater acoustics. 

Organizational partners and collaborators are Conservation Media Group, BlueMarvel, and members of the Arctic Council.   

Current Job Posting & Description, see:  Skipper of ArcticEarth

PAST PRODUCTIONS IN HIGH LATITUDES