With an extensive refit complete, the William Kennedy will leave the port of Summerside, P.E.I., Wednesday to explore one of the most understudied regions of the Arctic — Hudson Bay.
“Despite being Canada’s largest ocean watershed, the Hudson Bay is like a black hole in terms of scientific knowledge with large gaps in oceanographic and near shore studies,” Adrian Schimnowski, CEO of Arctic Research Foundation, one of the operators of the boat, said in a news release.
William Kennedy is a converted deep-sea crab fishing vessel. The refit, which was done in Summerside, cost $2 million. The boat is operated by the Arctic Research Foundation, the same organization that discovered the HMS Terror, and the University of Manitoba.
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