Atlantic Oceanographic Laboratory, Bedford Institute: the first six years

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Loncarevic, B. D., Ford, W. L., McMullen, R. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1969
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Canada; Bedford; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400065396; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400065396

With the longest coastline in the world, Canada has a vital need for oceanographic information and it has been a matter of national policy for some years to increase substantially the scale and scope of Canadian oceanographic research and survey. A major step in the implementation of this policy, taken in mid-1962, was the opening of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO) at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, since February 1968 known as the Bedford Institute (BI).