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2011 Winners

Congratulations to this year's winners, selected from a pool of more than 230 entries from adult and youth contestants.

The Photo Contest seeks 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.

After an initial review by a panel of photography professionals, the six top images were chosen by Board and Advisory Panel members at their April 2011 meetings. Winners received cash prizes. Learn more about the NPRB Photo Contest

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Adult Entries
First Place Mandy Lindeberg, NOAA Fisheries Pacific sand lance emerging out of the sand in the intertidal zone, Akun Island, Aleutians, summer 2005	Second Place Glenn Aronwits Set net in Egegik District in Bristol Bay, June 2010	Third Place Lane Jessup A thin spot in an iceberg in Harriman Fjord soon becomes a hole as the sun warms the surface, June 2005
Youth Entries
First Place Gates Failing Sea stars on Rotary Beach in Ketchikan, August 2010	Second Place Rachel Joy McElwee Peaceful winter sea coast east of Safety, part of the Iditarod Trail between White Mountain and Nome, April 2010	Third Place Padraig New Sunset over Auke Bay harbor in Juneau, Alaska, summer 2010

Adult Entries

First Place
Mandy Lindeberg,
NOAA Fisheries
Pacific sand lance emerging out of the sand in the intertidal zone, Akun Island, Aleutians, summer 2005

Second Place
Glenn Aronwits
Set net in Egegik District in Bristol Bay, June 2010

Third Place
Lane Jessup
A thin spot in an iceberg in Harriman Fjord soon becomes a hole as the sun warms the surface, June 2005

Youth Entries

First Place
Gates Failing
Sea stars on Rotary Beach in Ketchikan, August 2010

Second Place
Rachel Joy McElwee
Peaceful winter sea coast east of Safety, part of the Iditarod Trail between White Mountain and Nome, April 2010

Third Place
Padraig New
Sunset over Auke Bay harbor in Juneau, Alaska, summer 2010