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, December 11 | 6:30 pm | VIA ZOOM
Using genetic analyses of skin samples, the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the US Geological Survey are estimating the size of the Pacific walrus population. Irina and William will provide an overview of this effort – including 2025 research cruise results and 2026 field activities and data analyses. Bring your questions!
Meeting ID: 814 1788 9129 Passcode: 168925
Or call: 253 215 8782
William Beatty is a research wildlife biologist with the USGS in Alaska and Wisconsin. Irina Trukhanova is a contract wildlife biologist with the USFWS Office in Anchorage.
Past events
Ocean Acidification & the Bering Strait Region
12/04/2025
The Action Cruise: Applied Science + Community Engagement
11/13/2025
Beluga Research: Fitness, Photography, & the Future
11/06/2025
Regional Weather: A Recap, an Outlook, and Extreme Events
10/21/2025
Coastal Freeze-Up + Storms: Future Impacts
10/17/2025
Cruise Ships in Nome: Input from Residents and Ship Tourists
10/10/2025
Harmful Algal Bloom Activity in Western + Northern Alaska
10/06/2025
Teamwork at Sea: Live from R/V Sikuliaq!
08/28/2025
Bowhead Whales: Linking Ocean Warming to Algal Toxin Change
08/14/2025
US & Canada: Shared Research in the Northern Bering + Chukchi Seas
07/16/2025
Arctic Watch: Vessel Traffic Management
06/16/2025
Western Alaska Weather: What Happened This Winter?
06/05/2025
NOAA Office of Coast Survey & the Bering Strait Region
05/29/2025
Bumble Bees of the Nome Area!
05/22/2025
Avian Influenza in Alaskan Wildlife - And Beyond
04/24/2025
Gnawing & Thawing: Beavers Reshaping the Tundra
04/16/2025
Port of Nome Modifications: An Update!
04/10/2025
Looking for Large Whales: 2017-2024 IWC Survey Results!
04/03/2025
Ice Seal Aerial Survey: Spring 2025 Plans
03/26/2025
Bering Land Bridge: Grazing Plains or Buggy Bogs?
03/19/2025
Sea Ice Timing & Coastal Flood Risk: Changes for Nome!
03/13/20205
Northern Bering Sea Surface Trawl Survey: 2024 Results
02/27/2025
Moose Near Nome: A GMU 22C + 22D Update
02/19/2025
Spectacular Shorebird Migrations
02/13/2025
Teamwork at the Point Lay Walrus Haulout
02/06/2025
The Indigenous Arctic Dog: Living History
01/30/2025
US Special Operation Forces & the Bering Strait Region
01/23/2025
2024 Norton Sound / Yukon River Delta Beluga Survey: Results!
01/15/2025
UAF International Arctic Research Center: Online Climate Tools
01/09/2025
Muskox Movements
12/18/2024
Bering Strait Ship Traffic: Trends & Policy Options
12/12/2024
2024 Eastern "Southern" Bering Sea Trawl Survey: Results!
12/05/2024
US Marine Mammal Commission and the Bering Strait Region
11/20/2024
Coastal Wave Exposure in Northern Alaska
11/07/2024
2024 Summer: Wild & Wacky! What's Next...?
10/24/2024
Ice Seal Research: 2024 Results + 2025 Plans
10/16/2024
Long Term Experiments to Predict the Future Arctic
09/24/2024
Airborne Algal Research: Help from Above?
09/18/2024
Sikuliaq Returns: A Report on the Northern Ecosystem!
08/27/2024
Oculus Ocean Drone - An Update!
08/22/2024
Permafrost Thaw: Perma-X Research from Above
08/08/2024
US Coast Guard Command Center: Saving Lives at Sea
06/27/2024
Pacific Walrus Population Estimate - Underway!
05/30/2024
NOAA Gets Strait to the Point! Lessons Learned from the Coast
05/23/2024
By Sea + By Air: Finding Whales in the Bering Sea
05/15/2024
Pacific Halibut: N. Bering Sea Residents?
05/02/2024
Western Alaska Chums: Winter Secrets Revealed
04/17/2024
Avian Influenza: An Update!
03/28/2024
Nonstop Across the Pacific: Bar-Tailed Godwits' Incredible Flight!
03/20/2024
Hydroponics & Heat Pumps in the North
03/01/2024
Subarctic & Arctic Fisheries: Future Thoughts
02/22/2024
NBS Ecosystem & Surface Trawl Survey - 2023 Results!
02/12/2024
2023: Northern Bering Sea Status Report
01/17/24
Walruses: Under Review!
01/11/2024
Arctic ROADmaps for Science Collaboration
12/21/2023
Bering Strait: New Seafloor Map - New Info!
12/14/2023
Bowhead Migration: Changes in Timing
12/07/2023
Microplastics in Bering Strait Spotted Seals?!
11/30/2023
2023 Northern Bering Sea Survey: What Did They Find?
11/09/2023
Walruses, Tusk-Tagging, & Modeling the Future
11/02/2023
Western Alaska's Summer: What Happened?!
10/26/2023
Ice Seals: Research Plans for 2024
10/18/2023
Sikuliaq Returns: News from the Sea!
10/05/2023
Pacific Cod: Travels in the Northern Bering Sea
08/22/2023
Bering Strait: Harmful Algal Bloom Update
07/20/2023
Pacific Golden Plovers: Small Bird - Mighty Traveler!
06/29/2023
Bering Sea Salmon Sharks: An Update!
06/14/2023
Subarctic Baleen Whales in Bering Strait: Visitors or returning home?
05/31/2023
Bering Land Bridge: Research into the Past
05/26/2023
Into the Arctic: NOAA Coast Survey
05/18/2023
Radio In Western Alaska
05/04/2023
Pacific Walruses: Responding to Change?
04/27/2023
Avian Influenza in Wildlife
04/13/2023
Harmful Algae and Seabirds
03/30/2023
Winter of Discontent: Winter 2022-2023 Recap
03/23/2023
USCG: Bering Strait Pollution Response Exercise
03/22/2023
Reindeer in the North: NWC HLRM Arctic Exchange
03/14/2023
Arctic Deep Draft Port: An Update
03/09/2023
Seabirds and the Changing Northern Bering Sea
03/02/2023
NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center: Reaching Out!
02/21/2023
Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook: A Review!
02/15/2023
US Arctic Strategy & the Bering Strait Region
02/09/2023
King of the Skies: Emperor Geese Overhead
02/01/2023
Red King Crab Fisheries: Norton Sound Chimes In
01/18/2023
Commercial Fishing Safety in Norton Sound
01/12/2023
Gyrfalcons on the Seward Peninsula
01/05/2023
Micro Nuclear Reactors: Alternative Power?
12/13/2022
Seward Peninsula Muskoxen: Following Cows & Calves
12/08/2022
Hot Topic! Growing Back After Tundra Fires
12/01/2022
Beyond Bering Strait: Where Does the Water Go?
11/15/2022
NBS Surface Trawl Survey: Results from Top to Bottom!
11/10/2022
2022 Bottom Trawl Survey: What Did They Find?
11/04/2022
Wild Weather Palooza: 2022 Weather Review & Outlook
10/27/2022
Always Ready, Always Present: US Coast Guard in the Arctic
10/20/2022
High Water Marks: Documenting 2022 Bering Sea Storm
10/13/2022
The Changing Arctic: Co-Production to Influence Policy
10/11/2022
Tundra be Dammed! Beavers of the Arctic
10/06/2022
Tech Innovations in Alaska's Oil Spill Response
09/29/2022
Harmful Algae in Western AK: 2022 Bloom Event
09/16/2022
Young Hunters: Walrus Summit - Navigating to a Bright Future
08/25/2022
NOAA's Arctic Goals
08/18/2022
Belugas in Norton Sound: How Do We Count 'Em - and Why?
08/11/2022
2022 NOAA Trawl Survey: A Mid-Survey Update
08/04/2022
Seward Peninsula: A Wetter Or Drier Future?
07/20/2022
A Smoky Start to July: How Did Far Away Fumes Arrive?
07/14/2022
Honoring Heroes: Rescue By Gambell Guardsmen
07/07/2022
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
04/07/2022
Harmful Algae, The Arctic Food Web + Summer 2019
03/31/2022
Ice Seals: Research in the New North
03/24/2022
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
02/03/2022
The NMFS RAP: Give Input on Future Research Needs
01/27/2022
Troops In Nome: AK National Guard Arctic Eagle 2022
01/13/2022
USCG, Tribes, + The Bering Strait Region
12/09/2021
Sikuliaq Returns: November 2021 Report from the North
12/02/2021
2021 Surface Trawl Survey: Partnering for New Data
11/11/2021
2021 Bottom Trawl Survey: What Did They Find?
11/04/2021
Summer 2021: What Happened and Why?
10/28/2021
Will Gyrfalcons Stay?: Habitat, Diet, + Climate Change
10/21/2021
North to the Chukchi Sea: Warming Waters + Toxic Algae "Seeds"
10/14/2021
Bones Tell Stories: The Shaktoolik Archaeology Project
10/07/2021
Naval Research: Testing New Tools in the North
09/23/2021
It's in Their Bones: Walruses Past and Present
09/09/2021
NOAA + Coastal Tribes: Marine Research Coordination
08/26/2021
Arctic Raptors: Balancing Diets Amidst Change
08/18/2021
Research At Sea: Joining Forces in the North
08/12/2021
Live From R/V Sikuliaq: Mercury and Shrinking Ice
06/10/2021
Pieces of History: The Shaktoolik Archaeology Project
06/03/2021
Bering Sea Heat "Bombs"
05/27/2021
Arctic Research Plan: How You Can Contribute
05/19/2021
Bering Strait Weather 2020 Re-Cap / 2021 Outlook
05/12/2021
Which Loon? This Loon!
05/06/2021
Diomede's Auklets + the 2015-206 Marine Heatwave
04/29/2021
Rural Research Wins! 2020 Norton Sound King Crab Survey
04/22/2021
USCG: Protecting Alaska's Resources for the Future
04/14/2021
Alaskan Ice Seals: Rehab to Research
04/08/2021
Whales, Seals, + Walruses: Listening to Track Migration
04/01/2021
Rabid Foxes: Protect Your Kids + Pets
03/24/2021
Ice Seals: Research in the New North
03/19/2021
Spectacled Eiders: Responding to Low-Ice Habitat
02/25/2021
Endangered Species Act: Critical Habitat, Regional Animals, and You
02/19/2021
USCG Polar Star Patrol Off Western and Northern Alaska
02/12/2021
Responding to Warming Waters: Seabirds at Sea
02/11/2021
Seafloor Mapping: Evolving Technology for a New North
01/22/2021
Ocean Algae in Warming Regional Seas
01/14/2021
Bering Strait Oceanography: Local Partnership
01/07/2021
Ocean Drones: Counting Bering Sea Pollock
12/10/2020
Seward Peninsula: Gyrfalcons
12/03/2020
Pink Salmon: Adapting to Warming Waters
11/12/2020
Winter 2020 Outlook: Sea Ice & Climate
10/29/2020
Alaska Seabirds & Harmful Algal Blooms
10/22/2020
Ecosystem Field Update: Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas
10/01/2020
Bering Strait Trash Talk: A Notable International Event
09/24/2020
Yellow-Billed Loons: Revealing Environmental Secrets
09/17/2020
Aleutian Terns: Who Is The "Other" Alaskan Tern
09/03/2020
Gray Whale Diet: Can Northern Bering Sea Still Feed 'em?
08/19/2020
Bering Strait Seabird Die-off: Partnering In Search Of Answers
08/13/2020
Pacific Cod: Winter Travels From The Bering Strait Region
07/28/2020
Chukchi Sea: Fin Whales What Brings Them North?
07/23/2020
Bering Strait Weather: Winter Recap, Summer Outlook
05/28/2020
Savoonga Seabirds: Clues To The Die-Off
03/30/2020
Chasing Arctic Cod: R/V Sikuliaq Reports Back
03/12/2020
Walruses, Grey Whales, & Eiders: Are Their Food Options Changing?
02/05/2020
2019 Fisheries Survey: What Did They Find?
11/07/2019
Sikuliaq Heads North: Storms, Ice, And The Food Chain
11/05/2019
Winter Sea Ice And Climate Outlook
10/24/2019