Future marine surveys of the Queen Elizabeth Islands area

The Queen Elizabeth Islands (QEI) cover the northernmost portion of the Canadian Arctic. Multiyear sea ice makes the area an arctic refuge for wildlife, and a portion of the QEI has been included within the recently established Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area. However, persisting sea ice has also made the QEI relatively inaccessible and therefore understudied compared to other areas of the Arctic. This side-meeting aims to discuss future marine surveys of the QEI area.