The Arctic Eis Team

We’ve discussed in the past how important teamwork and collaboration is for research. Ship-based research is often an extreme example of collaborative work. […]

By |2015-12-11T16:58:47+00:00December 11, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on The Arctic Eis Team

Data analysis…

We’ve learnt a lot about doing seabird surveys at-sea.  But, what happens after you’ve collected all those data?  Maybe this is when the hard work really starts?  Catherine [...]

By |2015-12-02T16:46:44+00:00December 2, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on Data analysis…

Pen-pal letters begin

Начался обмен письмами друзей по переписке Russian translation is provided below: Перевод на русский предоставлен ниже: Last month, at Bering Sea Days, we initiated the pen-pal project between [...]

By |2015-12-01T15:57:57+00:00December 1, 2015|Categories: Commander Islands, Education|Comments Off on Pen-pal letters begin

Flashback…

Here’s a flashback to the 2015 field season studying red-legged kittiwakes breeding on St. George Island, by Rachael Orben: In early May (before the grass had really started to [...]

By |2015-11-19T05:13:06+00:00November 19, 2015|Categories: Education, Kittiwake Behavior|Comments Off on Flashback…

Plastics in the Ocean activity set

We’ve just added a new set of seabird activities! Marine debris and plastics in the ocean are topics frequently visited during Seabird Camps, Bering Sea Days, and [...]

By |2015-11-14T02:45:30+00:00November 14, 2015|Categories: Education|Comments Off on Plastics in the Ocean activity set

Start of Bering Sea Days

Bering Sea Days has started on St. Paul Island. Bering Sea Days is a weeklong program hosted by the Ecosystem Conservation Office, Aleut Community of St. Paul [...]

By |2015-10-08T19:13:26+00:00October 8, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Start of Bering Sea Days

Black-legged kittiwake video

There are two species of kittiwake, and both breed on the Pribilof Islands. Learn more about the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) with this short video put together during [...]

By |2015-09-23T16:23:32+00:00September 23, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps, Education|Comments Off on Black-legged kittiwake video

Crested Auklet video

We’re continuing to learn about the amazing seabirds that breed on the Pribilof Islands. After a great field trip to the cliffs, kids attending Seabird Camp split [...]

By |2015-09-21T15:28:47+00:00September 21, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps, Education|Comments Off on Crested Auklet video

Charismatic microfauna

Seabirds are charismatic megafauna—they are large animals that have popular appeal due to their cute or beautiful appearance. So what about all the little critters out there? [...]

By |2015-09-01T19:54:05+00:00September 1, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on Charismatic microfauna

At Anchor

  Early Tuesday morning, we left our study area to head up to Pt. Barrow. Why? Because the marine forecast for our region was calling for 35 [...]

By |2015-08-27T15:45:13+00:00August 27, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on At Anchor

The Wheelhouse Gang

We have been transiting from Prudhoe Bay to our first sample station for the past several days (yellow star in location map above shows current location), and were [...]

By |2015-08-21T15:51:18+00:00August 12, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on The Wheelhouse Gang

Aglakh

The kids on the Commander Islands have just returned from their summer camp.  We're really excited to hear about the camp activities, it sounds like it was [...]

By |2015-11-04T20:51:50+00:00August 10, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Aglakh

Kick-off

What is the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Observing Network (AMBON) project? The AMBON project is one of three pilot projects whose goal is to help establish a national [...]

By |2015-08-10T15:33:03+00:00August 10, 2015|Categories: At-sea research, Education|Comments Off on Kick-off

Checking nest-boxes

Seabird activities continue on St. George.  Abram gave a talk about the red-legged kittiwake project, that included using Google Earth to check out the small hand-full of [...]

By |2015-08-03T19:15:36+00:00August 3, 2015|Categories: 2015 Seabird Camps|Comments Off on Checking nest-boxes
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