Sitka WhaleFest returned in person in November to explore this year’s theme of “How It’s Made: Courting, Babies, and Growth.” We were thrilled to welcome 28 undergraduate students, over 100 high school students from throughout Southeast Alaska, and over 500…
The Sitka Sound Science Center is collecting donations for the Cunningham-Ahlgren Scholarship Fund In honor of Walt Cunningham and Molly O. Ahlgren’s passion for learning, this scholarship fund supports opportunities for educational and professional development in the marine sciences. …
Something in the air is changing. Most tourists have come and gone, rainy days grow more frequent, and the darkness of a new season is creeping in. Those of us who remain on this island through the fall and…
We are pleased to announce that a team of PhD student researchers from the Pardee RAND Graduate School are assisting us, at the Sitka Sound Science Center, and the broader community of Sitka this summer in understanding how tourism…
This past Sunday, August 7th, the small Sage Beach that sits adjacent to the Sitka Sound Science Center kicked off the 13th annual Change Your Latitude race, the nation’s northernmost open ocean swim race. At a latitude of…
“I want to give back and participate in our community,” says Rob Allen, a lifelong Sitkan who is something of a nonprofit board member addict. Rob has volunteered and lent his professional expertise as a board member to…
Written by Karl Cranston Simmons As a senior at Pacific High School, I’ve been thinking a lot about my future education and career goals for the past year. I’ve done some journalism work and am thinking about making it my…
