The refit of the R/V Skalugsuak is underway at the Verreault Navigation shipyard in the town of Les Méchins, Quebec. Over the course of the last month, Verreault engineers and mechanics have built and installed a dive platform, a housing for our SCUBA compressor, and new carburetors. The boat was put back into the water
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Skalugsuak’s auxiliary inflatable Kato underwent structural work at the CFP Paul-Rousseau trade school in Drummondville (Quebec) on May 15. Under the supervision of our Fleet Manager, Mr. Paul Lemay and of Mr. Pierre Tessier (CFPPR), the modifications reinforced the floor panels which had been damaged from the strain of carrying extra heavy loads in rough
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The flag of the R/V Skalugsuak was created by GEERG artist-in-residence, Jean-Louis Courteau. The shark is a modified version of the GEERG logo which represents both the Greenland shark and sharks in general. The Eye, since the days of Ancient Egypt, is the symbol of choice to represent consciousness, research, knowledge and study. The colour blue is
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Throughout the 2011 refit of the Skalugsuak at the Verreault Navigation Shipyard (Les Méchins, Québec), we received much assistance from our friends Blaise Barrette and Sandra Daoust of the Underwater Observation Network (OUN) who accommodated me in their Saint-Léandre home for much of the summer. Blaise helped at the shipyard and Sandra reconditioned all of
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The Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEERG) recently took possession of a new boat thanks to a generous donation by Verreault Navigation. The Skalugsuak – Inuit name of the Greenland shark – was modernised and adapted to GEERG’s requirements at the Groupe Maritime Verreault shipyard last summer. The acquisition of the Skalugsuak
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