3rd PolarDARN radar now operating at Clyde River, Nunavut
By: miker on: Thu., Oct. 18, 2012 12:16 AM EDT (9042 Reads)
On behalf of the University of Saskatchewan SuperDARN group, Prof. J.-P. St. Maurice has announced that a new PolarDARN radar is now in operation. It is located at Clyde River, Nunavut, on the east coast of Baffin Island.
In J.-P.'s words: 'The new radar, which has been completed a few months ahead of schedule, is working according to specs, if not better. Not that we want to boast, but it does hold the record for highest latitude radar in the northern hemisphere....We are very grateful to our engineering team (Jan, Kevin, and Naas) and to Pasha for a flawless installation and we thank the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the province of Saskatchewan for having funded the construction of this radar.'
The Clyde River radar joins PolarDARN radars at Rankin Inlet, Nunavut and Inuvik, N.W.T., in extending SuperDARN coverage deep into the polar cap.
Congratulations to Jean-Pierre, Kathryn, George, the engineering crew, and all of the Saskatoon group!
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Article of August 20, 2012 during the build phase of the radar that appeared in
Nunatsiaq Online featuring Jan Wiid explaining the radar project:
http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674new_radar_towers_track_space_weather_from_clyde_river/
Quick facts about Clyde River:
Coordinates: 70°28′26″N 068°35′10″W
Located in the Nunavut Territory (formerly part of the Northwest Territories)
Population: 820 (2006)
Name in the native Inuktitut language: Kanngiqtugaapik
For more information about Clyde River and Nunavut, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_River,_Nunavut
The Clyde River PolarDARN radar is funded by a grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for support of the Resolute Bay incoherent scatter radar and by the province of Saskatchewan.
