Strait Science
The Strait Science Series lectures are presented by Northwest Campus and Alaska Sea Grant to promote understanding between citizens of the Bering Strait region and the researchers who frequent the Seward Peninsula.
If you would like to participate/present in the lecture series, please contact Gay Sheffield, the local MAP agent in Nome.
Current events
Thursday, July 7 | 6:30pm
In 1955, a US Navy patrol aircraft was shot down by Russian MiGs and crashed onto
St. Lawerence Island, south of Gambell. Gambell Alaska Army Guardsmen rescued and
sheltered the 11 crew members until they could return to the mainland. Come learn
about and celebrate this legendary rescue by the Gambell community. Hear about the
upcoming ceremony awarding the Alaska Heroism Medal to family members of the rescue
crew and the last living rescuer.
Join via Zoom.
Meeting ID: 857 5359 9672, Passcode: 581588
Or call: 253-215-8782
Verdie Brown is the Director of the Alaska State Office of Veterans Affairs.
Past events
Bering Strait Birds: Avian Flu + Die-Off Events
05/26/2022
Sea Ice Radar: Coming to Nome!
05/18/2022
Bering Sea Ice Seals: Researchers Return!
05/11/2022
Oculus Gliders: Drones Off Nome's Shores
04/28/2022
The Shark Side: Meet Our Salmon Shark
04/17/2022
Wild Weather Winter '21-'22 in Western AK
04/07/22
Harmful Algae, The Arctic Food Web + Summer 2019
03/31/22.
Ice Seals: Research in the New North
03/24/22
Right On The Brink: North Pacific Right Whales
03/10/2022
Update: McKay's Bunting Alaska's Island Songbird
02/16/2022
Jackrabbits of the North
02/10/2022
Counting Walruses: The View from Above
02/03/22
The NMFS RAP: Give Input on Future Research Needs
01/27/22
Troops In Nome: AK National Guard Arctic Eagle 2022
01/13/22
USCG, Tribes, + The Bering Strait Region
12/09/21
Sikuliaq Returns: November 2021 Report from the North
12/02/21
2021 Surface Trawl Survey: Partnering for New Data
11/11/21
2021 Bottom Trawl Survey: What Did They Find?
11/04/21
Summer 2021: What Happened and Why?
10/28/21
Will Gyrfalcons Stay?: Habitat, Diet, + Climate Change
10/21/21
North to the Chukchi Sea: Warming Waters + Toxic Algae "Seeds"
10/14/21
Bones Tell Stories: The Shaktoolik Archaeology Project
10/07/21
Naval Research: Testing New Tools in the North
09/23/21
It's in Their Bones: Walruses Past and Present
09/09/21
NOAA + Coastal Tribes: Marine Research Coordination
08/26/21
Arctic Raptors: Balancing Diets Amidst Change
08/18/21
Research At Sea: Joining Forces in the North
08/12/21
Live From R/V Sukuliaq: Mercury and Shrinking Ice
06/10/21
Pieces of History: The Shaktoolik Archaeology Project
06/03/21
Bering Sea Heat "Bombs"
05/27/21
Arctic Research Plan: How You Can Contribute
05/19/21
Bering Strait Weather 2020 Re-Cap / 2021 Outlook
05/12/21
Which Loon? This Loon!
05/06/21
Diomede's Auklets + the 2015-206 Marine Heatwave
04/29/21
Rural Research Wins! 2020 Norton Sound King Crab Survey
04/22/21
USCG: Protecting Alaska's Resources for the Future
04/14/21
Alaskan Ice Seals: Rehab to Research
04/08/21
Whales, Seals, + Walruses: Listening to Track Migration
04/01/21
Rabid Foxes: Protect Your Kids + Pets
03/24/21
Ice Seals: Research in the New North
03/19/21
Spectacled Eiders: Responding to Low-Ice Habitat
02/25/21
Endangered Species Act: Critical Habitat, Regional Animals, and You
02/19/21
USCG Polar Star Patrol Off Western and Northern Alaska
02/12/21
Responding to Warming Waters: Seabirds at Sea
02/11/21
Seafloor Mapping: Evolving Technology for a New North
01/22/21
Ocean Algae in Warming Regional Seas
01/14/21
Bering Strait Oceanography: Local Partnership
01/07/21
Ocean Drones: Counting Bering Sea Pollock
12/10/20
Seward Peninsula: Gyrfalcons
12/03/20
Pink Salmon: Adapting to Warming Waters
11/12/20
Winter 2020 Outlook: Sea Ice & Climate
10/29/20
Alaska Seabirds & Harmful Algal Blooms
10/22/20
Ecosystem Field Update: Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas
10/01/20
Bering Strait Trash Talk: A Notable International Event
09/24/20
Yellow-Billed Loons: Revealing Environmental Secrets
09/17/20
Aleutian Terns: Who Is The "Other" Alaskan Tern
09/03/20
Gray Whale Diet: Can Northern Bering Sea Still Feed 'em?
08/19/20
Bering Strait Seabird Die-off: Partnering In Search Of Answers
08/13/20
Pacific Cod: Winter Travels From The Bering Strait Region
07/28/20
Chukchi Sea: Fin Whales What Brings Them North?
07/23/20
Bering Strait Weather: Winter Recap, Summer Outlook
05/28/20
Savoonga Seabirds: Clues To The Die-Off
03/30/20
Chasing Arctic Cod: R/V Sikuliaq Reports Back
03/12/20
Walruses, Grey Whales, & Eiders: Are Their Food Options Changing?
02/05/20
2019 Fisheries Survey: What Did They Find?
11/07/19
Sikuliaq Heads North: Storms, Ice, And The Food Chain
11/05/19
Winter Sea Ice And Climate Outlook
10/24/19