“…In particular, NORDACC was designed to collect surface water samples near the calving fronts of marine terminating glaciers, around icebergs, and in shallow, uncharted waters in Greenland. Greenland’s fjords are impacted to varying degrees by turbid meltwater runoff, which plays a critical role in marine ecosystems by limiting the light available for photosynthesis by primary producers like plankton and macrophytes [15] . The collection of surface water samples in these hazardous areas, therefore, will provide critical data for the calibration and validation of satellite-derived estimates of turbidity, chlorophyll and other parameters.…”