The Destiny Empress initially became a target for surveillance after a diligent UK police detective, executing a raid on a suspected drug house in connection with a narcotics and money laundering investigation in London, noticed a receipt for over £100,000 in ship repairs paid to Irving Shipbuilding, owner of Shelburne Ship Repair Ltd., a shipyard in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
Ice station SHEBA base, ''CCGS Des Groseilliers | From left to right, MV ''Fundy Paradise'' (ex-MV ''Vacationland'', CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent | CCGS Samuel Risley | CCGS ''Samuel Risley'' | CCGS Martha L. Black | CCGS ''Louis S. St-Laurent'' | CCGS ''Hudson'' | CCGS Hudson | CCGS ''Frederick G. Creed'', working with the scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | CCGS Des Groseilliers |