Airborne Hydrographic Surveying in the Canadian Arctic

• Main Authors: Casey, M. J., Vosburgh, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The International Hydrographic Review 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Northwest Passage; New Ground; Northwest passage
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/ihr/article/view/23409

In August 1985 Canadian Hydrographers broke new ground by being the first to use airborne laser scanning techniques to locate and survey shipping channels through parts of the Southern Route of the Northwest Passage. This survey was a landmark event in hydrographic surveying as it signaled the first...