Mapping the unmappable

Capturing actionable seabed intelligence in environments that defeat conventional survey spreads is forcing a rethink of platform architecture and sensor integration. That was the challenge facing Seaforth Geosurveys while assessing the Arctic seabed for a planned subsea fibre-optic cable installation in Ungava Bay, Canada.

The Nunavik EAUFON-3 project was spearheaded by Sulmara, a global seabed intelligence company, which specialises in capturing and interpreting high-quality offshore subsea data.

Sulmara’s answer was its Discover package, a bespoke technology stack combining a high-resolution