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Ever wonder what it is like to work in an aquarium? What exactly does an aquarist do? This could be your chance to find out, with the Science Center’s new “Aquarist for a Day” experience. Participants will get a brief…
We have added more days to our aquarium open hours. We will now have open times Tuesday-Saturday. We are still requiring reservations, and face masks must be worn at all times by anyone over the age of 5. Appointment times…
Cost recovery started July 19th. Fish are returning slower than last year, but it’s still early. The report is the pinks and Chums are holding offshore, and about 1-2 weeks late. Special thanks to Nick Olney-Miller and the Lucy-O for…
While this July may not have looked like a “normal” July, we did a lot of fun things. Click here to read all about it. Want to get our monthly newsletter delivered to your inbox? Please click here…
Former SSSC Research Biologist and current University of California Santa Cruz PhD student Lauren Bell is conducting research on how climate change and ocean acidification could affect Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Click here to read the full article by…
Re-release of Fisherman 28 Celebrates an Alaska Maritime ClassicThe Sitka Sound Science Center is pleased to announce the republishing of Jack Calvin’s Fisherman 28. The young adult novel, first published by Little and Brown in 1930, is a classic…
SSSC Geoscience Coordinator Cora Siebert was involved in research looking at landslide debris flow that has recently been published. Large wood inhibits debris flow runout in forested southeast Alaska Due to their potentially long runout, debris flows are a…
Testing is a critical part of our plans to cope with COVID-19 (technically, SARS-CoV-2) while conducting business during the pandemic. We need testing because we can’t see the virus and it is the only way we can be sure that…
Do you recognize the intertidal creature in this photo?? If you instantly shouted, “It’s an eel!”, you would not be alone. Many people who explore the intertidal zone believe that this Crescent Gunnel is an eel. Eels are fish and…
As society grapples with the global discussion of social justice, educators at Sitka Sound Science Center have taken a moment to look at our own practices in our education programs. The Science Center’s mission is to increase understanding and awareness of ecosystems of Alaska through education and…
