Wellington, New Zealand (26.03.2025) – Auckland, New Zealand (01.05.2025)
Cruise objectives: Investigate the complex magmatic, hydrothermal, and microbiological processes of the submarine Brothers Volcano in the southern Kermadec Arc.
Participants: Carlos Braga, trainee & PhD candidate at University of Ottawa; Johannes Scheffler, trainee & PhD candidate at University of Ottawa.
Cruise objectives: Directly characterize the hydrothermal systems of the Christiana-Santorini-Kolumbo volcanic field and its connection to the underlying magma reservoir in unprecedented detail.
Participants: Jennifer Spalding, trainee & PhD candidate at University of Ottawa; Erin Bethell, coordinator & research associate at University of Ottawa.
Tauranga, New Zealand (15.05.2024) – Wellington, New Zealand (12.06.2024)
Cruise objectives: Collecting geological, geophysical, and water column data inside the Hunga Tonga volcano crater to better understand the 2022 eruption.
Participants: Jade Umbsaar, trainee & PhD candidate at University of Toronto.
Golfito, Costa Rica (24.10.2023) – Panama City, Panama (22.11.2023)
Cruise objectives: Evaluate and develop interferometric synthetic aperture sonar (InSAS) as a tool for seafloor exploration. Investigate hydrothermal vent systems of the Galapagos Rift.
Participants: Carlos Braga, trainee & PhD candidate at University of Ottawa; Chris Galley, trainee & postdoctoral fellow at University of Ottawa; Erin Bethell, coordinator & RA at University of Ottawa; Charles Lapointe, trainee & MSc candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland; Sarah Moriarty, trainee & PhD candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland; Caroline Gini, affiliate & PhD candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland; Monika Neufeld, affiliate & PhD candidate at Dalhousie University; Brendan Smith, affiliate & PhD candidate at Dalhousie University.
Townsville, Australia (06.06.2023) – Singapore (29.07.2023)
Cruise objectives: Interdisciplinary investigations of metallogeny at complex subduction zone settings of Eastern Papua New Guinea in the Western Pacific.
Participants: Octavio Acuña-Avendaño, trainee & PhD candidate at University of Toronto.
Wellington, New Zealand (18.12.2023) – Wellington, New Zealand (21.12.2023)
Cruise objectives: Deployment of 20 ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS) off the shore of New Zealend to study the Hikurangi subduction zone. Part of the ELVES: Earthquakes and Locking inVEStigation of Subduction project.
Participants: Taylor Tracey Kyryliuk, trainee & PhD candidate at University of Ottawa; Quan Zhang, trainee & PhD candidate at University of Ottawa.
San Juan, Puerto Rico (03.03.2023) – San Juan, Puerto Rico (11.04.2023)
Cruise objectives: Discover and characterize deep-see hydrothermal vent systems at oceanic core complexes; identify ongoing hydrothermal activity at Puys des Folles vent field.
Participants: Jade Umbsaar, trainee & PhD candidate at University of Toronto.
Ponta Delgada, Portugal (06.05.2022) – Ponta Delgada, Portugal (02.06.2022)
Cruise objectives: Target the Rainbow Massif oceanic core complex and obtain missing data to constrain the interplay between magmatic, tectonic, and metamorphic processes in end-member styles of hydrothermal activity.
Participants: Caroline Gini, affiliate & PhD candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Southampton, UK (03.03.2022) – Southampton, UK (20.04.2022)
Cruise objectives: Assess the processes of formation, alteration, and preservation of ultra-mafic hosted seafloor hydrothermal massive sulphide deposits on mid-ocean ridges, specifically the Semenov vent site.
Participants: Andrew Martin, affiliate & postdoctoral fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Valparaiso, Chile (22.02.2022) – Noumea, New Caledonia (11.04.2022)
Cruise objectives: Trans-Pacific oceanographic survey with a focus on trace element biogeochemistry and chemical oceanography.
Participants: Chris Galley, trainee & postdoctoral fellow at University of Ottawa; Sarah Moriarty, trainee & PhD candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
TOQUES / R/V Marcus Langseth / Queen Charlotte Fault Project
Ketchikan, Alaska (18.07.2021) – Seattle, Washington (23.08.2021)
Cruise objectives: Deployment of ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS) along the central Queen Charlotte Fault to investigate fault architecture and local seismicity as part of the “Transform Obliquity along the Queen Charlotte Fault and Earthquake Study” (TOQUES).
Participants: Pinar Gurun, trainee & MSc candidate at Dalhousie University.
Ground-Truthing InSAS Data / M/V Eastcom / Scotia Shelf
St. John’s, Newfoundland (01.11.2021) – St. John’s, Newfoundland (01.11.2021)
Cruise objectives: Ground-truth interferometric synthetic aperture sonar (InSAS) data from Kraken Robotics surveying along the Scotia Shelf of Atlantic Canada.
Participants: Caroline Gini, affiliate & PhD candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Cruise objectives: Investigate (via ocean drilling) the mid-Norwegian Margin, with a focus on magmatism and paleoclimate implications, as part of the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP).
Participants: Fabian Hampel, affiliate & PhD candidate at University of Ottawa.
Manzanillo, Mexico (17.12.2019) – Balboa, Panama (07.01.2020)
Cruise objectives: Investigate shifts in seafloor massive sulfide microbial communities as physical and geochemical conditions change after venting ceases at hydrothermal vent sites along the East Pacific Rise.
Participants: Sarah Moriarty, trainee & PhD candidate at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Cruise objectives: Bathymetric mapping and sampling of seamounts on top of the flanks of the King’s Trough Complex, eastern North Atlantic, in order to reconstruct its origins.
Participants: Marc Fassbender, affiliate & PhD candidate at University of Ottawa; Fabian Hampel, affiliate & PhD candidate at Kiel University.
Cruise objectives: Bathymetric data collection across the Southern North Atlantic in contribution to “The Nippon Foundation – GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project”.
Participants: Alexandra Gray, affiliate & MSc candidate at University of Ottawa (leg 1); Mary Besaw, affiliate & MSc candidate at University of Ottawa (leg 2).
MGL-19 / R/V Marcus Langseth: 3D seismics at Axial Volcano. Participants: Shelby Brandt, affiliate & RA at University of Ottawa.
INDEX/SO-271-1 / R/V Sonne: Mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal vent mapping and sampling in the Indian Ocean. Participants: Marina Schofield, affiliate & PhD candidate at Laurentian University.
POS-535 / R/V Poseidon: Geothermal studies in northeast Iceland. Participants: Sofia Martins, affiliate & postdoctoral fellow at GEOMAR.
AR35-02 / R/V Neil Armstrong: Reykjanes Ridge structure and magmatism, Iceland. Participants: Talia Moum, affiliate & MSc candidate at University of Toronto.
BGR Cruise / R/V Pelagia: Mid-ocean ridge mapping and sampling in the Indian Ocean. Participants: Sebastian Graber, affiliate & PhD candidate at CAU.
ORCA Project / R/V Kilo Moana: Ocean-bottom seismometer (OBS) study in the Central Pacific. Participants: Stephen Mosher, affiliate & PhD candidate at University of Ottawa.
