This
summer
,
41
UBC
____________________
and
friends
participated
in
____________________
to
the
Canadian
Arctic
and
the
legendary
Northwest
Passage
.
Presentations
,
conversations
and
learning
accompanied
their
exploration
of
the
great
outdoors
____________________
the
Russian
-
flagged
.
Akademik
Ioffe
,
designed
and
built
in
Finland
as
a
scientific
research
vessel
in
1989
.
Her
bridge
was
open
to
passengers
virtually
24
hours
a
day
.
Experts
on
____________________
presented
on
topics
including
climate
change
,
wildlife
,
____________________
culture
and
history
,
and
early
European
explorers
.
UBC
professor
Michael
Byers
presented
on
the
____________________
of
Arctic
sovereignty
,
a
____________________
cause
of
debate
as
ice
melts
,
new
shipping
routes
open
,
and
natural
resources
____________________
accessible
.
Recommended
pre
-
trip
reading
was
____________________
UBC
____________________
Pierre
Bertons
book
,
The
Arctic
Grail
.
