ASL’s Fissel Named a Fellow of CMOS
of Ocean Sciences. His initial studies focused on currents in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and circulation patterns in the eastern half of the Northwest Passage.In 1977, he joined Arctic Sciences Ltd. as a founding partner and Director of Oceanography, leading a 1977 physical oceanographic study of Lancaster Sound. Over the next 45 years, David played a major role in the evolution of Arctic Sciences Ltd. and its successor ASL Environmental Sciences Inc. which is a major contributor of products and expertise to Canadian and world markets for environment knowledge and services. During this period, his
Fredericksburg Christian School Robotics Team Places First at Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren
coding to program their LEGO-based robots. Students representing 12 different public, private and governor’s high schools spanning from Richmond to Stafford and throughout the Northern Neck competed in the event vying for $5,000 in cash prizes. FCS earned $3,000 for their first-place finish. Lancaster County High School took second and a $1,500 prize, while Bridging Communities Governor’s Schooltook home $500 for their third-place finish. Students begin programming their robots on day one of the Innovation Challenge @Dahlgren. (U.S. Navy Photo/Released)King George High School (KGHS)
Scientists Find Micro Plastic in Arctic Ice
we look at it up close and we see that it’s all very, very visibly contaminated when you look at it with the right tools -- it felt a little bit like a punch in the gut,” Strock told Reuters by telephone on Wednesday.Strock and his colleagues found the material trapped in ice taken from Lancaster Sound, an isolated stretch of water in the Canadian Arctic, which they had assumed might be relatively sheltered from drifting plastic pollution.The team drew 18 ice cores of up to 2 meters (6.5 feet) long from four locations and saw visible plastic beads and filaments of various shapes and sizes
New Mooring Solution for Kincardine OWF
.The company, part of the First Tech Group based in Aberdeen, has confirmed its secured the contract with Spanish developer and construction company Cobra Group to provide platform mooring connectors (PMCs) for the Kincardine offshore wind farm, off the coast of Aberdeen.The PMC was developed by the Lancaster-based company specifically for floating offshore wind market. The PMCs will be used to connect the semisubmersible platform to mooring lines at water depths between 45 meters and 143 meters. The connector will allow the mooring lines to be pre-laid on the seabed, prior to the arrival of the wind
MTR100: Kraken
. The KATFISH is a portable, complete system package and can easily be deployed on any surface vessel, including USVs. The higher level of autonomy simplifies operations while the remote operation capability allows the system to be controlled through a radio link to a remote station. 3 Lancaster St, St. John’s, NL Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada A1C 1E2 Phone: 709-757-5757 Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.krakensonar.com CEO/President: Karl Kenny Vice President: David Shea Number of Employees: 25 (As published in the July/August 2016 MTR100
Hurricane Energy Lancaster Well Spud
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK-based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, announces that the 205/21a-7 well on the Lancaster field, West of Shetland, was spudded at approximately 01.35 hrs on 6 July 2016, using the Transocean Spitsbergen drilling rig. The well is located on licence P1368 Central in which Hurricane has a 100% interest. The 205/21a-7 Pilot Well (the "Pilot Well") is the first in a two-well programme designed to refine the Lancaster resource range, provide a second future production well and provide new informatio
Coral 'Bright Spots' Offer Clues to Protecting Threatened Reefs
; Another factor was that reefs with dark spots had recently suffered an environmental shock, such as from a cyclone or from a rise in water temperatures that can bleach reefs. "We can learn things from the bright spots about what to encourage," co-author Professor Nicholas Graham of Lancaster University told Reuters. The authors stressed that bright spots were not those with most fish, but were outperforming expectations judged against baselines such as the size of local populations, tourism, and whether or not reefs were in a marine reserve. Cinner said the study
Memorial University & Understanding Icebergs
, one glacier, the Jakobshaven glacier, is the most productive. The icebergs, some weighing millions of tons, calve off glaciers flowing into Jakobshaven fjord and then drift out into Baffin Bay. “They start heading northwards because that is the way the current flows and then when get around the Lancaster Sound area they basically hang a left and go west and start down Baffin Bay past the Labrador Coast and then to the Grand Banks,” said Riggs. Their size is reduced considerably subject to melting in the water but can still be quite large when they reach the Grand Banks. “Even the small
Proserv Acquired by Riverstone
companies with their high-profile portfolio including independent operators and energy service companies. The Riverstone management team clearly understands the value proposition that Proserv is delivering to our customers as well as the key market trends that underpin our ambitions.” John Lancaster, a partner at Riverstone Holdings, said the investment is consistent with the energy and power investment specialist’s strategy of partnering with leading manufacturing and service companies that participate in technically demanding and service-intensive oil and gas operations globally: &ldquo
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