Rafts of Birds Overwintering in the Bering Sea
![The winter gathering spot of spectacled eiders in the sea ice south of St. Lawrence Island. Matt Sexson, USGS Alaska Science Center Rafts of Birds Overwintering in the Bering Sea](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/image13-02-2015-08.19.49.jpg)
Like flecks of pepper on chowder, all of the Spectacled Eiders on the planet are now gathered amid sea ice and steaming open leads in the Bering Sea. “It’s a mass of life in this desolate area,” said Matt Sexson, who once rode an icebreaker to see the winter gathering south of St. Lawrence Island. […]