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04 Apr An Artist on Sable Island – Roger Savage’s Field Trip, Autumn 2005

Posted at 18:13h in Featured, Notes by Zoe Lucas 5 Comments
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Roger works outdoors to capture the spontaneity of nature’s light and shadow. As fog rolls in or clouds blow over the landscape, patterns of light alter and shift, changing colours and reshaping landforms....

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02 Apr Beached on Sable Island, Artifacts with Missing Stories

Posted at 02:29h in Featured, Notes, Uncategorized by Zoe Lucas 3 Comments
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Occasionally odd and interesting manmade items have washed ashore on Sable Island. The origin and/or purpose of most can be identified, but some are puzzling, such as miniature boats and wooden barrels. ...

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26 Mar First Morning of Spring 2019 on Sable Island

Posted at 07:44h in Featured, Notes, Uncategorized by Zoe Lucas 2 Comments
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This year the spring equinox (also called the vernal equinox) occurred during early evening on March 20th. The first full day of spring for 2019, March 21st, dawned clear and cool on Sable Island....

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16 Feb Beach Monitoring Program, Sable Island, 2019

Posted at 11:41h in Featured, Notes by Zoe Lucas 0 Comments
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Shoreline surveys for marine litter, entangled seals, oiled seabirds, tar balls, and beached cetaceans can provide a wealth of information about environmental trends and the impacts of marine pollution....

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13 Jan Sable In Words – A Writing Contest for Youth Ages 12 – 14 Years

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The Sable Island Institute invites children living in Nova Scotia to research a Sable Island topic of their choice and write 500-1000 words of creative prose. Entries must be submitted by March 15, 2019. ...

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24 Dec A Surveyor on Sable Island in the 1970s – Tom Lockhart, 2018

Posted at 22:41h in Connections, Featured by Zoe Lucas 1 Comment
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I first visited Sable in 1974 while working for a Calgary based survey-engineering company. One of the company’s clients was Mobil Oil, and I was there to take measurements at Mobil’s West Sable well....

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20 Dec Winter Solstice, December 21st, 2018

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The Sable Island Institute wishes all Sable Island’s personnel, friends, and supporters the very best for a happy and healthy winter 2018-2019....

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08 Dec Once upon a time – Rita Wilson, 2018

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I went to Sable Island. A land of magic. It had to do with luck. I was a member of the Read by the Sea committee casting about for a fundraiser; someone thought of Sable Island. That was ten years ago....

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18 Nov Birds with Bling – Banding Ipswich Sparrows

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To really understand animals, we need to know them as individuals. Bird legs provide a flagpole for coloured bands that can be seen from many metres away and enable researchers to track individual birds. ...

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20 Oct Fall Colours on Sable Island, September-October 2018

Posted at 17:47h in Featured, Notes by Zoe Lucas 8 Comments
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During autumn, the island’s landscape becomes a tapestry of silvery-white, pale yellow, tan, amber, buffy, sienna, orange, red and purple, with the bright greens of juniper and crowberry woven throughout. ...

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About SII

The Sable Island Institute is a multidisciplinary organization developing and conducting a wide range of Sable Island programs, including environmental monitoring, biodiversity surveys, arts and culture projects, and public outreach. The Institute is expanding on the roles of the Friends of the Green Horse Society and will continue the Society’s key initiatives. The Sable Island Institute is registered under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act S.C. 2009, c.23.

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