Expedition Expedition | People We left St. John's, Newfoundland on July-20, 2003 for the first expedition of this project. The main objectives were deployment of the Nares Strait mooring array hydrographic surveys of northern Baffin Bay and Nares Strait, recovery of bottom dwelling clams, coring into bottom sediments of Baffin Bay and Nares Strait, and velocity surveys of Nares Strait. Most of the objectives were met (see cruise report 8-MB .pdf) due to the hard work of both Coast Guard crew led by CAPT. Oliver and the science crew led by Dr. Falkner. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0230236. Any opinions, findings, and conlusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.