14 Jan A Young Artist’s Sable Island Landscapes
Three watercolour paintings by 12-year-old Laurie illustrate features of the island’s landscape and wildlife, expressing a sense of the energy of sand dunes, waves, grey seals, ponds and horses....
10 Jan A Trip to Sable Island Aboard the RCGS Resolute – John Merrick, 2019
It was too good an opportunity to pass up! One Ocean Tours was advertising an adventure excursion around the Gulf of St Lawrence, but the highlight for us was the opportunity for a trip to Sable Island....
02 Jan Sable In Words 2020 – Writing Contest for Youth
The Institute is expanding an outreach program for young people living in Nova Scotia. Youth in two age groups – 12-14 and 15-17 years - are invited to research and write about Sable Island. Prizes! ...
14 Nov Gina’s Sable Island Photoblog, July 2019
Images of Sable Island’s landscape features, flora and fauna large and small, beachcast curiosities, and weather, collected as encountered and presented in chronological order, some with notes....
10 Oct Sable Island Update, October 23rd – Program Details
Arts, science, news, and an introduction to the Sable Island Institute. This public meeting relaunches the popular series of annual updates held at Saint Mary’s University. Admission is free....
23 Sep Sable Island Update, October 23rd, 2019
This program of illustrated talks about ecology and research, and the island’s role as an inspiration and subject in the arts, is open to the public. All are welcome, and there is no charge for this event....
26 Aug MSC’s Aerological Program Ends After 75 Years of Service – WSA Sable Island 1944-2019
The station’s last balloon and radiosonde were launched at 8:15 pm on August 20th 2019. As the balloon went quietly up into the dark on a foggy night, so ended Sable Island’s upper air program....
31 Jul Gina’s Sable Island Photoblog, April – June 2019
Scenes and close-ups collected during three months on the island working with MSC—weather, landscape, and wildlife; snow, sunsets, and fog; beached bones and patterns in sand. ...
26 Jul Roll Clouds of Sable Island
A roll cloud is a rare, and often spectacular, meteorological phenomenon. Since 1976, there have been six reports of roll clouds passing over the island. The most recent was this summer, on July 9th....
22 Jul Grey Seal Research Program, Winter, Sable Island – Paul LeBlanc, 2019
Standing on this island of sand on a cold winter day, experiencing a riot of sensations in a place that stimulates all of one’s senses—sight, sound, touch, smell and taste—all at the same time. ...