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Russell Davison MEng CEng FIET APM.APMP

Russell is currently a senior executive at Vancouver Shipyards, one of the most modern shipyards in Canada and North America. In his role, Russell leads the design, build and support of large, complex ships for the Canadian Coast Guard, under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (“NSS”).

Russell joined Seaspan in 2016 as a seasoned engineer and business leader, with 15 years of experience in the defence industry on a variety of complex programs across the maritime, land and aerospace domains.

Russell is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering & Technology and a Chartered Engineer.

Suzanne Paquin

Suzanne Paquin is an accomplished business leader with over 30 years experience in the Canadian marine transportation industry. She currently serves as President and CEO of the NEAS Group including NEAS Inc., Nunavik Eastern Arctic Shipping Inc. and Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping Inc (NEAS), an Inuit owned venture that offers sealift resupply and related services to diverse customers across the Eastern and Western Canadian Arctic. She also serves as President of Transport Nanuk Inc, a joint venture between Logistec Corporation and The North West Company, and the managing operator of NEAS Group. Under Ms. Paquin’s leadership, NEAS is now the fastest growing fleet serving the Arctic market. She sits on the Board of Directors for Logistec Corporation and she serves as the Secretary and Treasurer for the St. Lawrence Ship Operators Association.

Troy J. Bouffard

Troy J. Bouffard, MSG (Ret.) U.S. Army, has a BA in Political Science, and MA in Arctic Policy. He is currently working on a PhD with a focus on Russian Arctic Defense strategy and international law. He is the director of the UAF Center for Arctic Security and Resilience (CASR). As a defense contractor, he is co-PI of the DOD Arctic Defense and Security Orientation program with USNORTHCOM and ALCOM started seven years ago. Within the UAF Homeland Security and Emergency Management program, Mr. Bouffard’s portfolio includes development and delivery of an Arctic Security graduate concentration and certificate. Troy is a network coordinator for the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN) and a non-resident Research Fellow with the Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS) at the University of Manitoba. He has co/authored numerous articles, most recently with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, Vanguard magazine, and the Canadian Naval Review. Among his other academic activities, he recently served as a contracted supervisor and chief editor for a NATO Arctic research project. Other activities include delegate experience with the Arctic Council, panel and conference presentations, and conduct of many inter/national Arctic events.

Captain Christopher Hearn

Director, Centre for Marine Simulation, Marine Institute of Memorial University

Member of the Nautical Institute (MNI) and current President of the Master Mariners of Canada, Captain Christopher Hearn began his career after graduating from the Marine Institute’s Nautical Science Program. He quickly moved his way through the marine ranks and certification to Master Mariner and obtained command of several types of vessels in the deep sea and subsea sectors as well as operations in the Arctic.

First coming ashore as a Marine Superintendent of operations with companies engaged in subsea cable laying and repair, seismic work, and general cargo operations, he was involved with resolving issues dealing with Flag state and Class and identifying training methods for improving competency among crews.

Captain Hearn returned to the Marine Institute in 2008 as the Director of the Centre for Marine Simulation. The Centre is the largest and most comprehensive marine simulation facility in North America and covers an entire range of training, industrial assistance, and research and development capabilities through the use of simulation technology. CMS’s particular areas of expertise include the modeling and simulation of harsh maritime environments including navigation in ice, simulation of offshore oil and gas operations, and port design evaluation and operational risk analysis.

Captain David (Duke) Snider FNI, AFNI

Captain David (Duke) Snider is the CEO and Principal Consultant of Martech Polar Consulting Ltd, a privately-owned company providing global ice navigation services and support for polar shipping, ice navigation, polar research, expedition logistics support and ice related consulting services. Martech Polar provides Ice Navigators on cargo, research, cruise and expedition ships and private yachts in ice covered waters worldwide. Martech Polar is heavily involved in assisting owners and operators to meet Polar Code requirements through completion of Operational Assessments and Polar Waters Operations Manuals. Martech Polar has been recently recognized by International Transport News Maritime and Shipping Awards 2018 as “Best Ice Pilotage & Navigation Specialists – North America” and by CV Magazine’s Canadian Business Awards 2019 as “Best Polar Ice Navigation & Pilotage Specialists 2019”.

Captain Snider is a Master Mariner with over 40 years at sea, operating many vessels in a broad variety of ice regimes in Arctic and Antarctic Polar Regions, the Baltic, Great Lakes and Eastern North American waters.  He has served onboard Naval, Commercial and Coast Guard Vessels. He retired from Canadian Coast Guard service as Regional Director Fleet Western Region in 2013 to run his own company. He remains active at sea, holding both Polar Waters Advanced Certificate of Proficiency and The Nautical Institute Ice Navigator Level 2 Certification. As a marine consultant he has extensive experience in authoring and contributing to numerous shipping feasibility studies, as expert witness in marine insurance arbitrations and cases as well as marine industry safety and risk reviews.

As an Ice Navigator Captain Snider has been the author of and contributed to many ice regime shipping feasibility studies as well as numerous papers on ice navigation. The second edition of Captain Snider’s authoritative book Polar Ship Operations was published by the Nautical Institute in 2018 is soon to be released in a Spanish edition.  He holds a Bachelor of Maritime Studies degree granted by Memorial University of Newfoundland in 2006 and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. He was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal in 2011 for his many years as a member of The Nautical Institute dedicated to improving safety at sea, with particular focus on improving standards of ice navigation. His honours also include the Canadian Coast Guard Exemplary Service Medal and the United States Coast Guard Antarctic Service Medal. He was recently awarded the Maritime Museum of British Columbia Beaver Medal for outstanding achievements in polar navigation including roles in promoting internationally recognized ice navigation qualifications.

Captain Snider is the Past President of The Nautical Institute and now sits on the Institutes Executive Board. He is Chair of the Ice Navigator Working Group which is tasked with administering The Nautical Institute’s global standard for Ice Navigator Training and Certification Standard. He is a member of The Nautical Institute’s NGO delegation to IMO on matters of ice and polar navigation.

Captain Ivan Oxford

Captain Oxford is an experienced shipmaster, ice navigator and educator. He graduated from Memorial University’s School of Maritime Studies and is a Master Mariner with nearly 40 years of experience at sea on commercial cargo and government vessels engaged in near-coastal and foreign trade. Ivan first served on a vessel in the High Arctic in 1983 as a deck cadet and since that time has spent over 20 years on vessels in Arctic or Polar Water. Ivan is a Transport Canada Approved Instructor for a number of courses including the Training Courses for Officers of Vessels Operating in Polar Waters. He is currently serving as Shipmaster and Ice Navigator on ice-strengthened commercial heavy-lift vessels engaged in Arctic operations.

Ivan is an associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute, been a member since 1996.

Ivan grew up in a small coastal community in North-Eastern Newfoundland and his first experience with ice was learning to copy from ice pan to ice pan in drift ice – a tradition that prepared “gaffers” for seal hunting at the ice front. He learned very quickly the power of ice and, more often than not, the hypothermic effect of exposure to cold water!

Keld Qvistgaard

Senior ice advisor
Greenland Ice Service
Danish Meteorological Institute

Keld Qvistgaard is senior ice advisor, with the Greenland Ice Service, an operational branch of the Danish Meteorological Institute. He is currently responsible planning and coordination of radar satellite data used in DMI operations as well planning of ice products serving the marine community navigating the Greenland Waters and provisions to the European Copernicus Marine Service Program. This is coordinated in close collaboration with the European Space Agency and commercial satellite data providers. He is also working closely with national ice services around the Globe in International Ice Charting Working Group. He is currently leading a task team dealing with Maritime Training Center Engagement.

After many years directly involved in operations Qvistgaard is a specialist in analysis of synthetic aperture data for Polar Waters, sea ice and icebergs, support of safe navigation via public and tailored services. He has numerous times been deployed to the DMI Ice Patrol in Greenland, has served on ships operating in ice near Greenland and he was from 2005-2008 deployed to Kazakhstan as onsite ice advisor of an ice monitoring program for the North Caspian Sea. His expertise is now often used in special projects, training programs for staff and mariners, new strategies or input to long term satellite based solutions for Polar Waters serving safe navigation.

Qvistgaard has a broad international network, delivered numerous Arctic shipping conference presentations and in the years 2006-2019 he was member JCOMM Expert Team on Sea Ice. Now he is a member of WMO Standing Committee on Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Services.

Dr. Takatoshi Matsuzawa

Dr. Takatoshi Matsuzawa is a research scientist in the field of ship performance in polar regions at National Maritime Research Institute (NMRI), Japan. He is an expert in model tests employing the NMRI Ice Model Basin. He has also participated in onboard/field measurements in cold regions including the NSR, Okhotsk, and Greenland.

Since the initiation of a new icebreaking research vessel by Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), he has been involved in the planning of the vessel and led a series of tank tests on the early design. He is now dually engaged in the coordination of the shipbuilding project at JAMSTEC concerning the performance and the equipment.

Eric A. Chamberlin

Vice President, Marine Services
Fleet Operations 
Holland America Group

Eric Chamberlin assumed the position of Vice President, Marine Services for the Holland America Group on January 1, 2017.  He oversees marine operations for the Holland America Group, ensuring safe, efficient, effective and environmentally sound operations for 35 ships.  In addition to the oversight of the Princess, Holland America Line and Seabourn Fleets, Eric is responsible for the oversight of the Fleet Operations Center, Emergency Preparedness & Response, Fuel Management and Stability.

Eric has been with the Holland America Group for over six years working in several positions including being Director, Fleet FOCUS where he worked to standardize and align processes, procedures as well as improve efficiencies across the Fleet Operations enterprise. He also was Director, HESS Management System where he oversaw the development and implementation of the Carnival Corporate standard HESS system for the Holland America Group ships.   His initial position with Holland America was Director, Systems Management and Development where he over saw the Safety and Environmental Management Systems for Holland America Line and Seabourn as well as the emergency preparedness and response for both brands.  

Prior to joining Holland America Line and Seabourn in January, 2013, Eric served in the U.S. Coast Guard with over 28 years of commissioned service, retiring with the rank of Captain.  Serving both afloat and ashore, he commanded several cutters including the USCGC MELLON homeported in Seattle, WA.  

Adam Lajeunesse, PhD

Adam Lajeunesse, PhD, is the Irving Shipbuilding Chair in Canadian Arctic Marine Security Policy and an Assistant Professor at the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government, St. Francis Xavier University. He is the author of Lock, Stock, and Icebergs (2016), a political history of the Northwest Passage, as well as co-author of the 2017 monograph China’s Arctic Ambitions and What They Mean for Canada, and co-editor of Canadian Arctic Operations, 1941-2015: Lessons Learned, Lost, and Relearned (2017). Lajeunesse works on questions of Arctic sovereignty and security policy and has written extensively on Canadian Armed Forces Arctic operations, maritime security, Canadian-American cooperation in the North, and Canadian Arctic history.

Captain William Woityra

[WILL-yum Why-TIER-uh]

John Parker

John Parker is a Director within the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) and responsible for the Canadian Ice Service, two weather centres in Atlantic Canada, including the Canadian Hurricane Centre and for service delivery in that region.  John has been Director for over four years now and has his origins in meteorology, starting with the MSC in 1987.  He has spent his career in a variety of forecasting and service areas including the development of a Program focusing on outreach and improving relationships with the media and provincial emergency management teams.  In 2009, John led a project to introduce a new international maritime safety service to the Arctic, known as the METAREAs.  In his current role as Director, he has become a member of the International Ice Charting Working Group, as well as a co-Director with the North American Ice Service…an agreement of cooperation and co-production with the US National Ice Center and International Ice Patrol.  John’s activities in the international community include; co-lead a collaborative bi-lateral marine services agreement between Canada and the USA; a member of the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) Regional Association-IV Hurricane Committee; and represents Canada as a vice Chair on the WMO Standing Committee for Marine Meteorology and Oceanography which includes maritime safety services under its purview. 

Christopher Hughes

Christopher Hughes is a partner at Schuyler Line Navigation Company, and leads the company’s vessel operations department. Chris has a BSc in Meteorology & Oceanography from SUNY Maritime College at Fort Schuyler. Chris holds a 3rd Mate’s license and sailed ocean-going vessels under various flags. Prior to joining Schuyler Line, Chris operated a fleet of six chemical and product tankers for Hiltveit Associates of New York. 

Captain Patrick Marchesseau

Captain Patrick MARCHESSEAU is an experienced shipmaster of 19 years as master, including 12 years in polar region (Arctic & Antarctica). He was born in France, he graduated from the French Merchant Marine Academy of Marseille and he studied as well at the United States Merchant Marine Academy of Kings Point, New York. In 1998, he got the Master certificate of Ocean Seagoing Vessel.

He started his career as officer onboard passenger’s vessel in 1993 and he got promoted as master in 2003.
He is working for PONANT, a French expedition cruise company since 2003.

In 2008, Captain MARCHESSEAU was master of the sailing vessel “LE PONANT”, when she was hijacked by Somali pirates, during one week.
Between 2010 & 2011, he was the captain of the MS “Turanor Planetsolar”, the 1st solar- powered boat ever to circumnavigate the globe.
Sailing as master in Antarctica Peninsula and Svalbard, East & West Greenland, Baffin & Ellesmere Island, North West & North East Passage, he got the Polar Advanced certificate & Qualified Ice Navigator (Transport Canada).

Captain MARCHESSEAU followed the construction in Norway of the PC2 Icebreaker “Le Commandant Charcot” and he is presently master of this vessel.

Captain MARCHESSEAU’s personal awards include the Medal of “Chevalier of the Légion of Honour” & Medal of “Chevalier of the Mérite Maritime ».

P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Ph.D

P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Ph.D., is Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North and a Professor in the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University, Ontario, Canada. He is network lead of the North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN – www.naadsn.ca) and served as Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of 1^st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group from 2014-2020. He has (co-) written or (co-) edited more than fifty books and more than one hundred academic articles and book chapters, many of which explore Arctic history, policy, sovereignty, and security issues. His recent books include The Joint Arctic Weather Stations: Science and Sovereignty in the High Arctic, 1946-72 (co-authored, 2022); Lines in the Snow: Thoughts on the Past and Future of Northern Canadian Policy Issues (co-edited 2022); On Thin Ice? Perspectives on Arctic Security (co-edited 2021); and Breaking Through? Understanding Sovereignty and Security in the Circumpolar Arctic (co-edited 2021). www.lackenbauer.ca

John Lloyd FNI CMMar

Captain John Lloyd has been Chief Executive of The Nautical Institute since May 2017 having formerly been Chief Operating Officer.  

Previously he was Professor, Maritime Training at the Australian Maritime College (AMC).  In 2014 he inaugurated a new maritime college in Angola following a two-year development programme developed in conjunction with the City of Glasgow College and Sonangol Shipping.

Prior to this he held appointments as: Chief Executive Officer of the Vanuatu Maritime College in Santo, Vanuatu; and senior posts at Flagship Training Limited and Warsash Maritime Centre.

John is a Master Mariner and served as a Marine Pilot in Namibia from 1994 – 1995.  He is a Master of Business Administration, a Freeman of the (UK) Honourable Company of Master Mariners a Younger Brother of Trinity House and a Chartered Master Mariner.

He travels extensively representing the work of The Nautical Institute and sharing his passion for safer shipping and professionalism in the maritime sector.

His ambition is to grow the membership and influence of The Nautical Institute as the leading professional body for mariners.  In doing so he Chairs the Human Element Industry Group of NGOs from the IMO and works on initiatives to develop the Institute’s contribution to professional standards.

Nigel S. Greenwood

RAdm Nigel Greenwood, RCN (Ret’d), is a 37-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces. He holds a BSc in Physics and Oceanography from RRMC and an MA in International Studies (with Distinction) from King’s College London. 

In the course of his military career, RAdm Greenwood served as a surface warfare officer, specializing in Navigation, Air-Control and Anti-Submarine Warfare. He held commands at ship, base, fleet and formation levels. During the 2010 centenary he was the Deputy Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy. In his final appointment as Commander Maritime Forces Pacific, he was responsible for Canada’s western maritime defences and coordination of joint military response to domestic contingency operations in BC. 

Since retiring from the RCN, RAdm Greenwood has established a successful consultancy in maritime risk assessment, security, operations research and emergency response planning. He holds a current license as a Master Mariner and exercises this qualification seasonally as an Ice Navigator in the Canadian Arctic. He is also a licensed Security Consultant, bringing the strength of Harmonized Threat and Risk Assessment and other risk assessment methodologies to bear on his varied work. Clients to date include the Pacific Pilotage Authority, Transport Canada, the Canadian Hydrographic Service, the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, and the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Recently he has also conducted analytical studies for the Centre for Operations Research and Analysis/Defence Research and Development Canada (CORA/DRDC).

Mr. Neil O’Rourke
Assistant Commissioner
Canadian Coast Guard Arctic Region

 Neil O’Rourke was appointed Assistant Commissioner, Arctic Region, Canadian Coast Guard in October 2018.  

As the Assistant Commissioner for the newly-formed Arctic Region, Neil will enhance program and service delivery in the North to better meet the needs of those communities.         

He will ensure that Northerners have a greater say in the Department’s decisions and opportunities, and will honour the Government of Canada’s commitment to reconciliation and   a renewed relationship with Indigenous peoples.  Neil will also build partnerships, co-develop priorities and support the voice of Northerners. 

Neil has a decade of experience working with the Canadian Coast Guard. He previously served as Senior Director, Safe Shipping and Economic Intelligence and was responsible for the development of national strategies to sustain and transform Coast Guard’s marine navigation programs, including: Aids to Navigation, Marine Communications and Traffic Services, Waterways Management, and Icebreaking  and Ice Information Services. Neil was also the national lead for Arctic program policy, user fees, the implementation of e-Navigation in Canadian waters, and served as councillor with the International           Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authority (IALA) on behalf of Canada. He previously worked as the Director, Integrated Logistic Support and Director, Organizational Restructuring for Coast Guard. 

Over the course of his career, Neil has worked closely with Coast Guard operations, technical services, training (Canadian Coast Guard College), other Government of Canada departments, and external stakeholders (i.e. industry, communities, national and international organizations) to identify service requirements, leverage technological and operational innovations, and competently drive decisions for cost-effective, modern and domestically/internationally aligned marine navigation services. He has also led several corporate initiatives including the consolidation of five Coast Guard regions into three, and   co-led the Departmental Comprehensive Review.

Before joining Coast Guard, Neil gained significant private sector experience as a former management consultant and executive in the energy sector; specifically, with Petro-Canada Fuels.

Neil holds degrees from two Canadian universities: a Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University (2002), and a Master of Business Administration—International Business from the University of Ottawa (2003).  Originally from Aylmer, Quebec, he currently resides with his family in Yellowknife, NT. 

Captain Mary Ellen J. Durley

Captain Mary Ellen Durley currently serves as the Executive Assistant to the Assistant Commandant for Capability, Rear Admiral Todd C. Wiemers, at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington D.C. Previous to this assignment, Captain Durley served as the Commanding Officer, USCGC HEALY (WAGB 20) located in Seattle, WA. HEALY is 420 feet (128 meters) in length overall (the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest ship in the entire fleet) with a crew of 19 Officers, 12 Chief Petty Officers, 54 Enlisted, and berthing for 56 scientists. Each summer from June to October, HEALY, the U.S. premier high latitude icebreaking vessel, travels north to the Arctic to support of U.S. maritime security and scientific research.

Captain Durley assumed command June 2019 after having served as Chief, Office of Aids to Navigations systems at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C. In this role, she was Program Manager for Aids to Navigation, Vessel Traffic Services, Navigation Standards, and Marine Planning within the United States Marine Transportation System.

Captain Durley’s previous staff assignments include Leadership and Management School instructor and Chief, Nautical Science Section for Officer Candidate School in the Leadership Development Center at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (New London, CT); Deputy Division Chief of the U.S. Coast Guard International Training Division at Training Center Yorktown (Yorktown, VA); and Deputy, Office of Cutter Forces (Washington, D.C).

Captain Durley has served over 14 of her 26 year Coast Guard career at sea and operational tours include Coast Guard Cutters ACACIA (Charlevoix, MI); JUNIPER (Newport, RI); SASSAFRAS (Apra Harbor, Guam)-all seagoing buoytenders; serving as Commanding Officer of a 140 foot icebreaking tug THUNDER BAY (Rockland, ME) and 225 foot seagoing buoytender ALDER (Duluth, MN); and Executive Officer in the Coast Guard’s 399 foot sole heavy icebreaker POLAR STAR (Seattle, WA).

Captain Durley is a native of Potosi, Wisconsin, and she holds a Bachelor of Science in Government (U.S. Coast Guard Academy 1995) and a Master of Public and International Affairs (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 2007).

Dr. Jackie Dawson

Dr. Jackie Dawson is the Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society, and Policy, and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa. She is also a Scientific Director of the Canadian Network of Centers of Excellence, ArcticNet. She is an Applied Scientist working on the human and policy dimensions of environmental change in ocean and coastal regions and is considered an expert in Arctic shipping, Arctic tourism, and Arctic oceans governance. She has served on two Canadian Council of Academies’ Expert Panels, is an elected member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada and is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society. She led the drafting of the 2018 G7 science statement focused on Arctic oceans and resilient communities, is a lead author on the IPCC AR6 and recently won the prestigious 2020 SSHRC Impact Connection award.

Commander Corey L.E. Gleason MMM, CD

Hailing from Welland Ontario, Canada, Cdr Gleason enlisted the Royal Canadian Navy 8 August 1985. He trained as a Naval Signalman in Esquimalt BC and was posted to HMCS PROTECTEUR in Halifax N.S. While in Halifax he served in multiple ships, participated in many NATO exercises and was support staff to Standing Naval Force Atlantic.
In 1991 he was recruited to Maritime Forces Pacific to serve in the Training Squadron. While serving in Esquimalt B.C. he was crew to a series of classes of ships, highlighted by HMCS OTTAWA, where he deployed for OPERATION APOLLO in support of the war against terrorism as ship’s Senior Naval Communicator. Gleason was a Ship’s Team Diver and Boarding Party specialist, making a conscious effort to enhance the capabilities of the ships he served.

Gleason commissioned from the ranks in November 2003. On completion of formal Officer Training in College militaire royal de Saint-Jean & NOTC VENTURE, he served in every class of ship in service returning to HMCS PROTECTEUR as their Navigator and HMCS OTTAWA as their Combat Officer and Executive Officer.

Cdr Gleason’s first Command was fittingly to HMCS YELLOWKNIFE. He proudly served as a roving Ambassador to the City of Yellowknife and the peoples of the North-West Territories and visited the City of Yellowknife multiple times.

Gleason joined the fight against humanitarian and disaster relief, global terrorism, and the illegal distribution of narcotics in South and North America supporting Joint Interagency Task Force South throughout their time in service.

Rudely interrupted twice by shore postings inland, Gleason generally remained on the wet list serving in Sea Training as Operations Officer and Executive Officer mentoring and leading newly trained and appointed officers in their new roles.

Mentored by Canadian Coast Guard “greats” like Norman Thomas, Anthony Potts, Rich Marriott and supported by NATO Allies in their own Arctic warships at sea, Gleason led the RCN back to the Arctic. Gleason commanded HMCS HARRY DEWOLF in the Arctic in dead of winter and was the first RCN Captain in more than 67 years and only the seventeenth to circumnavigate North America via the North West Passage and the Panama Canal.

He and his spouse France Chalifour of Quebec City, are tremendously proud to be part of naval history, following HMCS LABRADOR’s historic journey in 1954. Cdr Gleason will continue his work and studies in the Arctic domain, as he accepts his next Command appointment to Sea Training Patrol. Gleason and his spouse currently reside in Halifax N.S. where they have the honor and privilege to continue to serve the Royal Canadian Navy.

Captain Lara Barrett

I have been working with Coast Guard for 22 years.  I have been Captain on many ships and have gained great experience in ice on the Great Lakes, St Lawrence River, the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Arctic.  I have spent the last 3 years as Captain of the CCGS Terry Fox which sails in Canada’s Arctic during the summer and fall seasons.  This summer I will take command of the CCGS Jean Goodwill which is an icebreaker that is named after an indigenous nurse.

Captain Rich Marriott