The North Coast of Canada is a stage in Endless Ocean 2, and the first cold-water region that the player will unlock access to. It acts as a tutorial area to the concept of riding dolphin partners.
Because the player is unable to reach the ocean floor in this region, it is the only area in the game to not possess any salvage items or constellation coins. Animals that can be found here include Greenland sharks, narwhals, and polar bears.
In-Game[]
Loading Description[]
"This area off the east coast of Ward Hunt Island is frozen year round. Polar bears and seals make their homes on the vast fields of drift ice, while a wide variety of marine life form an ecosystem beneath."
Notebook Description[]
"The ice floes have pushed together to form a solid ice sheet here, but there is still an ocean below. You can see polar bears and seals here all year round, but human visitors are a rarity. The Canadian government has banned hunting here, but the danger of thin ice does just as good a job of keeping hunters away. Thanks to the protected status of this area, you can see belugas, narwhals, and whales here."
Dive Points[]
Drift Ice[]
The Drift Ice is the only dive point in the North Coast. Several Atlantic cold-water fish inhabit the starting area, such as Atlantic bluefin tuna and Chinook salmon. bearded seals can be seen in the water by day, but are replaced by Steller sea lions at night.
Spots[]
Ice Mosaic[]
The Ice Mosaic is a large area of loose and thin ice, letting sunlight in through the cracks. Common fish can be found here, as they can at the Drift Ice, but this area also gets visits from blue whales on migration paths, and even the great Ancient Mother once she is unlocked. One of the resident Greenland sharks (the same one who confronts your party during the story mission) also patrols the area.
Ice Holes[]
Though they are not officially named or denoted landmarks, there are several ice holes throughout North Coast of Canada, each with their own resident wildlife. These ice holes are also the designated areas in which the player can go ashore.
Southern Hole[]
This hole in the ice lies directly south of the Ice Mosaic. It is populated by harp seals by day, who are replaced by spotted seals by night. Going ashore at night greets the player with the harp seals and their pups. Bearded seals with their pups are seen ashore by day.
Southwest Hole[]
This hole is in the very southwest of the North Coast of Canada. It is frequented by a pod of roughly five or six belugas. Once unlocked, a special beluga can also be found here.
Northern Hole[]
This hole is the farthest north of all the holes. A Greenland shark in the area swims nearby, so caution is advised. Going ashore leads to a group of walruses, and one of their tusks can be found embedded in the surrounding ice during The Mysterious Voice side-quest.
Northwest Hole[]
This hole is slightly southeast of the Northern hole, a little ways north from the Ice Mosaic. It is frequented by razorbills by day, who leave at night. If the player goes ashore here, they will find a polar bear and her cubs, as well as the blue bird during the "Find the Blue Bird" sidequest. Under a zoom spot here, one can find the Ice Cupid.
Eastern Hole[]
This hole is to the east of the Ice Mosaic. A pod of narwhals makes their home around this ice hole, and a pair of Greenland sharks patrols the area, so caution is advised. The red-tusked narwhal partner is also initially found here, as is a broken narwhal tusk during The Mysterious Voice side-quest. Going ashore lets the player see a small group of sea otters, who are only visible from above the surface.
Southeast Hole[]
This ice hole is the one nearest to where the player first enters the water. It is frequented by ribbon seals swimming around it, and the zoom-mode spots in this area are home to sea angels and Atlantic spiny lumpsuckers.
Animal and Event Scenes[]
When diving in this stage with Hayako Sakurai, the player has the option to replay previously viewed scenes by talking her. The scenes available for North Coast of Canada are as follows:
Animal[]
- Blue whale
Event[]
- Narwhal: Unlocked by approaching the pod of narwhals during the appropriate portion of the "Be the Best Trainer" quest.
- Beluga: Unlocked by approaching the pod of belugas during the appropriate portion of the "Be the Best Trainer" quest.
- Majestic, icy seas: Plays when you first approach one of the resident blue whales.
- Polar bears and their young: Viewed by visiting the polar bear with Hayako twice after the completion of Chapter 3.
- A polar bear hunting: Viewed as part of the main plot, during the player's first visit to the Northwest hole.
Story Significance[]
After bring the mysterious tablet found in Valka Castle back to Nineball Island, L&L Diving Service call Nancy in the hopes she can decipher it. Although Nancy is unable to decipher the tablet herself, she does recognize the writing and relates it to an ancient civilization known as the Okeanides. She recommends that the Diving Service travel to Japan and speak with Professor Hayako Sakurai, a genius young oceanographer who holds many degrees and is considered a fantastic marine biologist. You travel to the Aquarium in Japan where she works and meet her.
Hayako says she recognizes the Okeanos Tablet and would be able to decipher it given time, but is interrupted by her boss, Ken Kaimoto, who tells her that she cannot work on it due to being preoccupied by researching polar bears in the arctic. Oceana suggests that they go and do the work instead while Hayako works on the tablet, to which Mr. Kaimoto agrees.
The player then travels to the North Coast of Canada to gather info on polar bears. As the water is incredibly cold, the player must ride a dolphin partner to get to their destination before running out of air. Along the way, you are ambushed by Greenland sharks, who can either be deterred with the Pulsar or simply ignored. Upon reaching land, you observe the polar bear trying and failing to hunt for seals, after which you can return to the boat and head back to the Aquarium to report to Hayako.
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- Whenever the player dives in this region, the creatures they can see on the loading screens include Atlantic bluefin tuna, blue whales, Greenland sharks, and capelin.
- The North Coast of Canada has the fewest number of dive points and spots in the series, at a total of one each.
- The North Coast of Canada is the only map that is not featured in the "Help Me!" sidequest.
Dive Points:
Drift Ice
Spots:
Ice Mosaic