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The University of Alaska Fairbanks' primary off-campus marine research facility is the UAF Institute of Marine Science Seward Marine Center, which is a unit in the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Alaska Sea Grant and the Marine Advisory Program also are units in the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. | ||
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The UAF Institute of Marine Science Seward Marine Center is home base for the UNOLS research vessel Alpha Helix, used by scientists from around the world to conduct marine research on the Gulf of Alaska and far reaches of the North Pacific and Bering Sea. The ship will be in port the first couple days of our meeting. |
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A view of Resurrection Bay from the Alpha Helix dock. The derelict pilings are remains of a railroad dock destroyed in a killer tsunami that swept over the Seward waterfront after the 1964 Alaska earthquake. So be ready to head for the high ground! For information about earthquakes and tsunamis in Alaska, visit our new earthquake web site. | ||
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Eagles can be seen year-round in Seward. This shot was taken in February from an office at the Seward Marine Center. This concrete reminder of the 1964 tsunami is known as "The Killing Wall" because the eagles take their prey (sometimes live fish, birds, small pets, etc.) there to eat it and fight over it. However, since the SeaLife Center put up their pigeon guillemot decoys next door, the eagles don't like the wall as much. | ||
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Pilings to the Alpha Helix dock stand silhouetted in a February twilight on Resurrection Bay. |
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