This research project has been proposed by Dr. Jonathan A. D. Fisher, a Research Scientist within Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research. Jonathan is based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Jonathan focuses his research and student training on helping to understand changes in marine ecosystems of Canada’s Arctic and sub-Arctic seas. There are two main goals of this research project. The first goal is to test whether baited remote underwater video lander (baited with squid to attract fish, sharks and invertebrates) can be deployed and left to record for up to 10 hours from the MSV Botnica icebreaker as it escorts large iron ore ships into and out of Eclipse Sound, Nunavut. The second goal is to work with other interested researchers to use the video data collected at the sea bottom to identify marine species and their habitats within what is expected to become the Tallurutiup Imanga/Lancaster Sound National Marine Conservation Area. This work involves putting one researcher and an underwater video camera system onto a ship for one month. No animals will be harmed in this project and no equipment will be left in Nunavut. The beauty and diversity of the deep sea in eastern Nunavut has largely been out of sight to scientists. That is partly because of the challenge and expense of collecting images from deep, cold habitats. However, my laboratory has demonstrated how useful baited remote underwater video can be to quantify local abundances of Greenland sharks and reveal benthic habitats, invertebrates and fishes in the eastern Canadian Arctic. This project grew from an offer from the marine transportation industry to develop a scientific sampling program that fits within the MSV Botnica as it fulfils its primary escort mission. This research model for Arctic ship time access has potential to grow in the coming years, yielding significant contributions from industry partners to science programs in areas where required icebreaker ship time is otherwise extremely expensive. Most importantly, this means this model of cooperation means that fewer icebreakers would be needed in Nunavut waters if science and transportation companies can work together.This project is requested to take place in the offshore waters of Eclipse Sound and Milne Inlet within the Qikiqtaaluk region of Nunavut. The closest community to the proposed project site is Pond Inlet, Nunavut. The project is proposed to take place during the most ice-free times of year, in the later summer and early fall (between late July and late October, as weather permits).