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Vibrant, delicious, and abundant. Berries are a treasured resource across the vast state of Alaska. Throughout history they have been a reliable food source: supplying Native Alaskans with fruitful harvests and providing a nutritious meal for local wildlife. But what…
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…
The Sitka Sound Science Center welcomes Scotty Gabara as this month’s Scientist in Residency Fellow (SIRF)! Dr. Gabara’s work focuses on the impacts of glacier melt on marine ecosystems, with fellowship funding by the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ NSF EPSCoR…
Running a field camp can be adventurous and exhilarating. Tearing down a field camp, however, is another story. As many Alaskans know, what we accomplish in a day is not always up to us: sometimes it’s up to the weather.
After six weeks full of stream walking and carcass collection, our 2022 Chum Project season has come to an end, marking the 10-year anniversary of this project! The Chum Project was created as a response to a growing body of…
The Sitka Sound Science Center welcomes Joanna Young as this month’s Scientist in Residency Fellow (SIRF)! The Science Center’s SIRF Fellowship provides four weeks for scientists to have time to work on their research and engage with a breadth of…
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…