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sea otter in iceStart Your Cameras: 2009 Photo Contest

We welcome original images of coastal or ocean seascapes or sea life within U.S. waters from the Gulf of Alaska, Prince William Sound, the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, Bering Strait or Beaufort/Chukchi Seas.

The deadline for entry is March 2, 2009. Winners will be announced May 15, 2009. Cash prizes will be awarded in two age categories. (Photo: Bill Rome/NPRB)

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Bering Sea Project: Third Healy Cruise

sediment scientists Assistant Program Manager Tom Van Pelt was aboard, working as a seabird and mammal observer and writing about the research being done for BEST-BSIERP.

In the final entry of his Cruise Logbook, he learns what the "mud people" are doing studying seafloor sediments. (Tom Van Pelt)

 

Summertime is Fieldwork Time

murres and kittiwake

As part of the BEST-BSIERP program, NPRB staff have also visited two BEST-BSIERP field sites, on St. George Island and Bogoslof Island, to assist with field studies of seabird and fur seal colonies. Assistant Program Manager Carrie Eischens (above) holds a black-legged kittiwake (Ann Harding); Bogoslof Island is also home to hundreds of thick-billed murres (above, left) (Mike Sigler).

WHOI Arctic Ecosystem graphicBering Sea Project featured in Oceanus Magazine

WHOI's Oceanus Magazine recently profiled WHOI scientist and BEST-BSIERP researcher Carin Ashjian, the second Healy cruise, and the Bering Sea Project in its online journal. The profile includes an in-depth story, slideshow, and an Arctic Ecosystem Interactive graphic (requires Flash). Read Full Story