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First Bowhead Whale Sighting in Southeast Alaska

By Alaska Fisheries Science Center | NOAA Fisheries on Jul 28, 2025 Features, Science/Education, Southeast Alaska

Second reported sighting in eastern North Pacific waters south of the Aleutian Island chain. A new scientific paper discusses the first NOAA Fisheries record of a bowhead whale in Southeast Alaska. It is only the second documented sighting of this Arctic species in the eastern North Pacific, south of the Aleutian Islands. The whale was observed by […]

4-H pH program gives Sitka youth a taste of ocean science

By Julie Stricker | UAF on Jun 7, 2025 Featured, Science/Education

Youth in Sitka spent five months testing the water as part of an ocean acidification education program called 4-H pH. 4-H pH is led by personnel from three units at the University of Alaska Fairbanks: 4-H program assistant Jasmine Shaw with the Cooperative Extension Service, Christina Buffington with the Geophysical Institute and Natalie Monacci with […]