August 23, 2024 – Events, Research,
Algae & Art: Free After-Hours Event!
Dive into Sitka Sound’s kelp forests with UC Santa Cruz researchers on Thursday, August 29th…
August 21, 2024 – Hatchery,
The salmon have returned!
After 2 to 5 years out in the wild the pink and chum are pushing at our barrier nets ready to come home. We are prepping our hatchery to receive the incoming salmon and soon will be starting to spawn…
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August 15, 2024 – News, Education,
The Gmelch’s: A Legacy of Studying Sitka’s Culture
Sitka’s diversity of culture, environment, and industries sets it apart from much of the world, a fact that Sharon Bohn Gmelch and George Gmelch know all too well having traveled much of it themselves. Sharon and George first found their…
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August 12, 2024 – News, Research,
Intern Advances Salmonberry Research
We were so thrilled to host Gale McCrary as an intern through the Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) Opening the Box STEAM program. Gale brought his enthusiasm for science and for the past…
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August 5, 2024 – News, Research,
Beneath Alaska Waters
Two hundred million years before the dinosaurs and before there were trees on Earth, there were sharks in the ocean. They were the first vertebrates to develop jaws. Sharks belong to the class Chondrichthyes, which includes…
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August 2, 2024 – News, Events,
Celebrate Wild Alaska Salmon Day with us! Saturday, Aug 10th
Featuring a morning adventure for pre-k students with hands on exploration of the salmon lifecycle followed by fish art prints and open admission to the aquarium. Our pre-k program will run from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. All children must…
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July 26, 2024 – News, Research,
More Than Just an Aquarium
Sitka Sound Science Center (SSSC) is more than an aquarium, and it’s also more than a hatchery. SSSC is an FSML— field station and marine laboratory. But what does it mean to be a field station?…
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July 22, 2024 – News,
Ben the Dino Guy
You might wonder what would possess a pre-dental student from Utah to travel thousands of miles north to Fairbanks, Alaska. It was the love of getting his hands dirty and discovery–not within a person’s mouth, but within layers of rock…
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July 19, 2024 – News, Research,
Berries through the Lens of a Refractometer
Last week I had the opportunity to join Ella Neumann, data manager, and Gale McCrary, research intern, to help with the berry project for the afternoon. We visited four different sites where equipment is set up to monitor…
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July 17, 2024 – Education,
Revolution: Boogie Builders
There is still room to sign up for our Revolution Camp! Join us to learn all about designing, modeling, building, and testing boogie boards. Using various materials, designs, and innovative ideas, we will make our very…
