The Canada Basin, at >3,000 m below sea level, is the deepest basin in the Arctic Ocean. Understanding of Mesozoic tectonic events and how this ocean basin formed have important implications for many Arctic topics (e.g. natural resources, ocean circulation, etc.).
The Arctic is currently undergoing rapid and pervasive change, and the mechanisms driving climate change in northern latitudes appear to be gaining strength. As a result, knowledge of earlier climate change is fundamental to understanding and predicting what the future will bring.
