With a $4,075 grant the Alutiiq Museum will purchase five works of art for its permanent collection. The pieces are the creations of four Kodiak artists, Alf Pryor, Genevieve Opheim, and Jonathan and Hanna Sholl. From Kodiak photographer Alf Pryor, the museum will purchase three fine art photographs, each showing a view of the former […]
Fall at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center means researchers are sifting through all the data they collected over the summer months in the field. For the Steller sea lion team that means reviewing hundreds of thousands of photos. Every summer AFSC’s Marine Mammal Lab scientists conduct Steller sea lion surveys along the Aleutian Island […]
A Wasilla man was arrested by troopers on Saturday after it was reported that he had attempted to coerce another with indecent photos via text troopers reported on Sunday. The ensuing trooper investigation found that 45-year-old Vincent Schuerch had taken some indecent photographs of a female family member on several occasions without her knowledge or […]
Last year, for the first time, scientists used an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, to study killer whales from above. In an article published this month in the Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems, scientists describe how they configured their UAV, turning it into a precision scientific instrument. The international team of scientists from NOAA Fisheries […]