The Fabled Northwest Passage: Arctic Ocean Diaries No. 8 We're
currently on a long transit of nearly 500 miles (805 kilometers)
across the Beaufort Sea. In the map above you can see Healy's
position (ship icon) as of 22:32 Universal Time on 16 October.
We've crossed into Canadian waters and are currently about 164
nautical miles (188 miles / 303 km) north of the Mackenzie River
Delta. If you look carefully at the map near the ship's position
you can see the demarcation line of the US Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ). Not far away is the Canadian EEZ. Notice how they
overlap. Oh well, even the best of friends can argue. The
Canadians have been kind enough to allow us into their
territorial waters to do research on this cruise. Bob Pickart, a
physical oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution and Principle Investigator aboard Healy, applied for
the permits, both from Canada and from the First Nation
communities on the North Slope. In return he has agreed to a
timetable for releasing his data to the