Tour of CHARS

[Chris] Hi, I'm Chris Chisholm. I'm the acting director of facilities with Polar Knowledge Canada, the federal government agency tasked with operating the Canadian High Arctic Research station in the beautiful downtown Cambridge Bay. We provide operational support to all of the various teams who use the facilities. Behind me to my right is the main research building which comprise of large amounts of public space for external meeting as well as lab space for our visiting research scientists who come from all over the world.

[Martin] My name is Martin Leger. I am the laboratories manager. In terms of laboratories, we have a necropsy laboratory, we have microscopy, we have growth chambers, genomics laboratory, general analytical laboratory and a few other laboratories as well. Behind me to my left is the field maintenance building which houses our heating plant and our main electrical service. We also have warehouse space as well as office space for our field and operations team.

[Scott] My name's Scott Johnson. I'm the manager of field operations. Most of the work that I do would be to coordinate and organize any field operations that visiting researchers would be conducting. That could entail using ATV's to go out in the land, using snowmobiles, using boats to go out in the water, or staging any type of activity that they're going to require, a helicopter or going on other types of vessels, as well as any activity that involves research off CHARS site.

[Chris] Over my left shoulder is Triplex unit #9. We have a further one down in the distance. In each building there's three housing units. Each housing unit has four bedrooms and in each bedroom there are bunk beds, meaning my total capacity for visiting research scientists who come from all over the world is 48 beds. In each triplex units there's two washrooms as well as laundry facilities and a full kitchen, meaning these are self-sustaining apartment style units. As you can see here at CHARS, POLAR can provide all of your needs and meet your requirements for any type of field research as well as accommodations.