As I always read the Downhome issue each month and always find it interesting, I thought I should bring my August issue with me on my trip to the North Pole. I thought that the Downhome had never been that far North before.

I am working onboard a Canadian Coast Guard ship, CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent, as a health officer, and many of my co-workers and crew members are from Newfoundland. This mission is part of the UNCLOS Canada-USA Joint Expedition in the Arctic Ocean. UNCLOS, for those of you who don’t know, is the group responsible for mapping the Arctic Ocean.

Claude Morency
Health Officer
UNCLOS Canada-USA Joint Expedition in the Arctic Ocean
CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent, From August 18th to September 29th 2011

First row left to right:
Lewis Hann (Burgeo), Roy Lockyer (Isle Valen, Placentia Bay), Glen Fitzgerald (Placentia), Lindsay Bartlett (St. John's), Rodney Young (Portugal Cove)

Second row from left:

Vicky Howell (Badger), Jordan Stagg (Newtown), Amy Tuck (St. John’s), Deborah Hibbs (Doyles) holding the monthly issue, Stephen Wheeler (Frenchman's Cove), Richard Pederson (Tiltcove)

Third row from left:

Claude Morency (Blanc-Sablon, QC), Allison Pike (Grand Bay East), Harold Martin (St. John’s), Derrick Walsh ( Bay Roberts), Nathan Whiffen (St. John’s) and Bill Savory (Lord’s Cove)   Submitted By: NULL