Research

R/V Nanuq has supported the following research projects:

Ongoing: GAK01, RES2.5 and GAKOA sampling

Nanuq is one of the vessels from which the GAK1, RES2.5, and GAKOA stations are sampled. The GAK1 station has been sampled monthly since 1970.

Learn more about the GAK1 time series.

Learn more about underway data collection.

 

Fall 2019: Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound

Fisheries sampling in lingcod and rockfish.

 

Summer 2019: Copper River Delta

Researchers from UAF CFOS aboard Nanuq investigated the influence of freshwater on the circulation of the Gulf of Alaska.