Carla Pamak, left, and Michelle Saunders, right, examine a sea spider pulled up from the depths of the Labrador Sea on the deck of the Amundsen. (Paul Pickett/CBC)
Every year, the Canadian Coast Guard ship Amundsen makes a trek through the Labrador Sea, operating as an icebreaker and research vessel. On the most recent trip in 2022, the scenery was brand new to many of the scientists on board, but for two of them, northern Labrador is home.
“There’s a nice little beach up inside there,” said Carla Pamak, the research adviser for the Nunatsiavut government, as the ship drifted
