UPDATE: Have connected with Chris Martin. His recollection of the sinking, in his own words,
is in the link below
THE ARCTIC EXPLORER
 a short film about life aboard a geophysical research vessel and the sinking, loss of life and the recovery of the survivors
commissioned in 1974, the arctic explorer recorded seismic data off the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador until she sank,
on a sunny day in July of 1981 with the loss of 13 and the survival of 19 crew members