Advisian has been retained by Fisheries and Oceans Canada – Small Craft Harbours Program (DFO-SCH) to conduct an engineering feasibility study for the construction of small craft harbour (SCH) for four communities in Nunavut: Arctic Bay, Grise Fiord, Resolute Bay, and Clyde River. To inform the feasibility study, a field program will be undertaken during the 2019 open water season to conduct environmental, geoscience, geophysics and archaeological baseline studies in each location as detailed in Table 1 1 and Figure 1 of the attached report. All locations are in the Qikiqtaaluk Region. The field program consists of the following: •Marine Field Study Wildlife Field Study•Vegetation Field Study•Geoscience Field Study•Geophysics Field Study •Archaeological Field Study Study Areas will be developed prior to mobilization into the field to encompass the following Project components: •Small Craft Harbour (SCH)•Haul Road and Quarry•Disposal at Sea sites (not confirmed if required) All Study Areas will be designed to include the maximum footprint required for construction plus a 100 m buffer. Study areas were not defined at the time of this permit application, but their predicted extent is described in Table 3 1 and displayed in Attachment 1 of the attached report. Field surveys are required to document existing conditions within the Project Study Areas and to support engineering design. A summary of the purpose and proposed methodology for each of the field studies is provided in Table 3 2 of the attached report.