Sedna Epic Expedition
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My name is Kitrina M. Godding , and I'm a geologist, offshore surveyor, rugby player and PADI Master Scuba Diver based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. I am one of 5 Canadian Women to be chosen as part of a 12 all female dive and snorkel team by Susan Eaton. She is the founder and leader of the expedition and also grew up in Dartmouth, NS.
In total the team is made up of 28 members:
- 12 Dive Members (6 Canadians, 5 Americans, 1 Mexican)
- 2 Dive Masters (Canadian)
- 2 Inuit Advisors (Canadian)
- 12 Inuit Teenage Girls (Canadian)
In less than a week until I embark on an epic adventure with a female Ambassa team to snorkel and dive the Arctic!! The Sedna Epic Expedition departs for Iqaluit, Nunavut. Team Sedna is busy partnering with scuba diving manufacturers, shipping equipment to the Arctic, and raising funds.
News Clip from Global News Halifax: http://globalnews.ca/video/2757719/arctic-diver-kitrina-godding
Goal: To bring the Ocean to Eye Level
During July 25 to August 4, 2016, Team Sedna will conduct an action-packed, 11-day expedition on Baffin Island, Nunavut, to study the impacts of global warming in the Arctic. Our program is ambitious, and we intend to make full use of the 24/7 midnight sun in Canada's High Arctic!
Everyone knows something about climate change. But, few people are familiar with the term "ocean change."
In the Arctic, ocean change involves melting glaciers, disappearing sea ice, warming waters and ocean acidification.
Bringing the ocean to eye level for the Inuit
Team Sedna will immerse itself (pun intended) in the issue of ocean change, snorkeling and diving in polar waters around Baffin Island. The sea women will scout, document and record changes in arctic waters. And, they'll also undertake a Greenland shark tagging and DNA program, contributing scientific data to these little-know and rarely-seen deep-water sharks which are second, in size, to great white sharks.
Team Sedna will visit Iqaluit, a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island, where the sea women will "bring the ocean to eye level" for Inuit youth, girls, parents and Elders.
Using mobile touch aquariums and underwater robots equipped with videocameras, the Sedna Epic Expedition will introduce the Inuit (who are largely non-swimmers) to the incredible biodiversity that lies below the waves in their back yards, so to speak. Equipping the Inuit with drysuits and masks, fins and snorkels, Team Sedna will also lead the Inuit on snorkel safaris, literally "bringing the ocean to eye level."
The sea women will mentor teenage Inuit girls during the expedition, involving them in all aspects of their ocean educational activities and introducing them to careers in ocean science and technology, conservation, fisheries management, and polar diving as a form of ecotourism.
Your Support
Travel in the Arctic is very expensive. We are mitigating the costs as best we can, but even with sponsorships the trip will cost $18,000+ per person. I am hoping that this GoFundMe campaign will help with some of my costs for the expedition.
Your gift, no matter how much, will help lead the way in ocean education and inspire curiosity and action for all who watch, listen to, or experience the Sedna Epic Expedition.
Team Sedna and I are in for an adventure of a lifetime! For the women on the journey, and the young women we hope to inspire, your support has the power to change lives, shift career paths, alter behavior, and spark a movement.
“Sedna Swimming with Shell” by Dan Aula, Hall Beach, Nunvaut (caribou antler)
http://www.spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=2_53&products_id=3837
From Greenland to Alaska, according to Inuit legend, Sedna is the goddess of the sea. And, she's the mother of all marine mammals.
Sedna's father threw her out of the kayak and into the frigid arctic waters, determined once and for all to get rid of his troublesome teenage daugther. Sedna gripped the gunnels of the kayak, and pleaded for her very life. But, her father cut off her fingers and she slid beneath the waves. Sedna's fingers floated downwards, each one magically transforming into a different marine mammal...
The Sedna Epic Expedition's 3,000-kilometre snorkel relay route of the Northwest Passage from Pond Inlet, Nunavut, to Inuvik, Northwest Territories
A warm up, of sorts...
The summer of 2016 represents a warm up, of sorts, for the Sedna Epic Expedition's ultimate goal: In the summers of 2017 and 2018, Team Sedna plans to mount a snorkel relay of the Northwest Passage—all 3,000 kilometres of it—bringing global attention to disappearing sea ice in the Arctic. En route, the sea women will visit ten Inuit and Inuvialuit communties situated along the Northwest Passage, delivering their innovative, hands-on ocean outreach program and empowering the next generation of indigenous female leaders to combat both societal and climate change.
With your support and generosity, I'm hoping to raise $16,000 CAD (or approximately seventy-five percent of my personal costs for the July 25 to August 4, 2016, expedition) via my #GoFundMe page.
Just as in Sir Ernest Shackleton's day, polar exploration is not for the faint of heart! Mounting a polar expedition is a daunting task that takes years of preparation and fundraising.
But, Sir Ernest didn't have crowdsourcing 100 years ago, did he?
Links of Interest:
https://www.facebook.com/kitrina.godding
http://www.sednaepic.com/ www.facebook.com/sednaepic
https://www.instagram.com/sednaepic
https://www.youtube.com/user/sednaepic http://www.sednaepic.com/
Article Published by Saint Mary's Unveristy: http://www.smu.ca/alumni/profiles/science-alumna-chosen-for-sedna-arctic-expedition.html
My name is Kitrina M. Godding , and I'm a geologist, offshore surveyor, rugby player and PADI Master Scuba Diver based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. I am one of 5 Canadian Women to be chosen as part of a 12 all female dive and snorkel team by Susan Eaton. She is the founder and leader of the expedition and also grew up in Dartmouth, NS.
In total the team is made up of 28 members:
- 12 Dive Members (6 Canadians, 5 Americans, 1 Mexican)
- 2 Dive Masters (Canadian)
- 2 Inuit Advisors (Canadian)
- 12 Inuit Teenage Girls (Canadian)
In less than a week until I embark on an epic adventure with a female Ambassa team to snorkel and dive the Arctic!! The Sedna Epic Expedition departs for Iqaluit, Nunavut. Team Sedna is busy partnering with scuba diving manufacturers, shipping equipment to the Arctic, and raising funds.
News Clip from Global News Halifax: http://globalnews.ca/video/2757719/arctic-diver-kitrina-godding
Goal: To bring the Ocean to Eye Level
During July 25 to August 4, 2016, Team Sedna will conduct an action-packed, 11-day expedition on Baffin Island, Nunavut, to study the impacts of global warming in the Arctic. Our program is ambitious, and we intend to make full use of the 24/7 midnight sun in Canada's High Arctic!
Everyone knows something about climate change. But, few people are familiar with the term "ocean change."
In the Arctic, ocean change involves melting glaciers, disappearing sea ice, warming waters and ocean acidification.
Bringing the ocean to eye level for the Inuit
Team Sedna will immerse itself (pun intended) in the issue of ocean change, snorkeling and diving in polar waters around Baffin Island. The sea women will scout, document and record changes in arctic waters. And, they'll also undertake a Greenland shark tagging and DNA program, contributing scientific data to these little-know and rarely-seen deep-water sharks which are second, in size, to great white sharks.
Team Sedna will visit Iqaluit, a remote Inuit community on Baffin Island, where the sea women will "bring the ocean to eye level" for Inuit youth, girls, parents and Elders.
Using mobile touch aquariums and underwater robots equipped with videocameras, the Sedna Epic Expedition will introduce the Inuit (who are largely non-swimmers) to the incredible biodiversity that lies below the waves in their back yards, so to speak. Equipping the Inuit with drysuits and masks, fins and snorkels, Team Sedna will also lead the Inuit on snorkel safaris, literally "bringing the ocean to eye level."
The sea women will mentor teenage Inuit girls during the expedition, involving them in all aspects of their ocean educational activities and introducing them to careers in ocean science and technology, conservation, fisheries management, and polar diving as a form of ecotourism.
Your Support
Travel in the Arctic is very expensive. We are mitigating the costs as best we can, but even with sponsorships the trip will cost $18,000+ per person. I am hoping that this GoFundMe campaign will help with some of my costs for the expedition.
Your gift, no matter how much, will help lead the way in ocean education and inspire curiosity and action for all who watch, listen to, or experience the Sedna Epic Expedition.
Team Sedna and I are in for an adventure of a lifetime! For the women on the journey, and the young women we hope to inspire, your support has the power to change lives, shift career paths, alter behavior, and spark a movement.
“Sedna Swimming with Shell” by Dan Aula, Hall Beach, Nunvaut (caribou antler)
http://www.spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=2_53&products_id=3837
From Greenland to Alaska, according to Inuit legend, Sedna is the goddess of the sea. And, she's the mother of all marine mammals.
Sedna's father threw her out of the kayak and into the frigid arctic waters, determined once and for all to get rid of his troublesome teenage daugther. Sedna gripped the gunnels of the kayak, and pleaded for her very life. But, her father cut off her fingers and she slid beneath the waves. Sedna's fingers floated downwards, each one magically transforming into a different marine mammal...
The Sedna Epic Expedition's 3,000-kilometre snorkel relay route of the Northwest Passage from Pond Inlet, Nunavut, to Inuvik, Northwest Territories
A warm up, of sorts...The summer of 2016 represents a warm up, of sorts, for the Sedna Epic Expedition's ultimate goal: In the summers of 2017 and 2018, Team Sedna plans to mount a snorkel relay of the Northwest Passage—all 3,000 kilometres of it—bringing global attention to disappearing sea ice in the Arctic. En route, the sea women will visit ten Inuit and Inuvialuit communties situated along the Northwest Passage, delivering their innovative, hands-on ocean outreach program and empowering the next generation of indigenous female leaders to combat both societal and climate change.
With your support and generosity, I'm hoping to raise $16,000 CAD (or approximately seventy-five percent of my personal costs for the July 25 to August 4, 2016, expedition) via my #GoFundMe page.
Just as in Sir Ernest Shackleton's day, polar exploration is not for the faint of heart! Mounting a polar expedition is a daunting task that takes years of preparation and fundraising.
But, Sir Ernest didn't have crowdsourcing 100 years ago, did he?
Links of Interest:
https://www.facebook.com/kitrina.godding
http://www.sednaepic.com/ www.facebook.com/sednaepic
https://www.instagram.com/sednaepic
https://www.youtube.com/user/sednaepic http://www.sednaepic.com/
Article Published by Saint Mary's Unveristy: http://www.smu.ca/alumni/profiles/science-alumna-chosen-for-sedna-arctic-expedition.html
Organizer
Kitrina Godding
Organizer
Dartmouth, NS
