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  • June 14-July 13 | Knorr cruise KN195-10
  • October 13-15 | Autumn PI meeting
  • June | Workshops relevant to the BEST-BSIERP vertical modeling to be held at GLOBEC and ESSAS. More

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  • Healy 0902 cruise complete. Read the logbook

  • Logbook entries from the March-April 2009 Healy cruise are available for viewing in Google Earth. Download the .kmz file, open it in Google Earth, and fly to the Bering Sea to see where it all happened.Download File

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Data and Imagery from AOOS

  • Sea Surface Temperature is an important ingredient in climate models and weather forecasts.
  • Sea Ice movements are critical to marine mammals and humans.
  • Chlorophyll-a, used by plants to turn light energy into food, is a measure of productivity at the base of the oceanic food web.

bering sea haiku

As the cold seas warm,
scientists plunge in to find
where the fishes go.

Nora Deans

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Spring Ichthyoplankton Cruise Finds Larval Diversity, Sea Ice

noaa oscar dyson

Led by Chief Scientist Janet Duffy-Anderson, the May 2009 cruise of the NOAA Oscar Dyson (right) in the southern Bering Sea looked at where arrowtooth flounder, Pacific cod, walleye pollock, and their plankton prey, are distributed throughout the water column.

Read more about research activities on the Spring 2009 Cruise

Field research in icy seas captures national attention

The start of our 2009 field season generated a surge of national and local media coverage, highlighting the relevance and importance of our work. Read or listen to the stories below to learn more.

  • (15 Apr 09) NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO "MORNING EDITION" | Melting ice in the Arctic may not be good for species that live there, but ... More
  • (13 Apr 09) BALTIMORE SUN | Researchers from Maryland spent March aboard a Coast Guard icebreaker ... Full Story and Blog
  • (13 Apr 09) KUCB Unalaska | Walrus scat may provide a key to understanding the changing Arctic ecosystem ... Listen
  • (10 Apr 09) ENCOUNTERS RADIO | Elizabeth Arnold learns about a comprehensive scientific approach called patch dynamics ... Listen
  • (8 Apr 09) WASHINGTON POST | Doing experiments on a Coast Guard icebreaker sounds like a fantastic time to PolarTREC teacher Simone Welch ... More

bering sea at a glanceMore about the Bering Sea Project

  • Bering Sea at a Glance (Sept 2008) | Describes the program and who is involved. Download (PDF) or contact us for a hard copy.
  • Project Listing (June 2008) | Listing of projects funded by NSF and NPRB. Download
  • Detailed Program Description (June 2008) | Technical and scientific details.
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