Order of Canada to Eddy Carmack - 22 November 2019

Eddy Carmack and GG Mary Simon

Citation Eddy Carmack     Saanichton, British Columbia, Canada       Officer of the Order of Canada     Awarded on:  November 22, 2019     Invested on:  November 3, 2022       Eddy Carmack is a luminary of climate oceanography. Since the 1960s, he has completed more than 90 field missions, documenting the Arctic Ocean’s role as an exemplar for climate change.       His big-picture thinking, collaborative focus and emphasis on linking research with the needs of polar communities have guided his career, from his early Beaufort Sea expeditions to his co-introduction of science-capable icebreakers. Now an emeritus scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, he has left a legacy of Arctic knowledge to the next generation of researchers.