In order to survey walrus herds, USGS surveys sites used by walruses from a remote field camp. Here you see the small boat used by USGS to access the field camp. In the foreground are polar bear tracks found along the shore near the USGS boat.
Multimedia
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Images
Polar bear tracks near a walrus haulout
In order to survey walrus herds, USGS surveys sites used by walruses from a remote field camp. Here you see the small boat used by USGS to access the field camp. In the foreground are polar bear tracks found along the shore near the USGS boat.
Caring for an orphaned walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys
Caring for an orphaned walrus calf encountered during USGS surveysIḷisaġvik College intern Violett Annisket attends to an orphan walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys. USGS is developing methods to detect and count walrus carcasses found onshore after herds return to the waters.
Permit: MA3376D
Caring for an orphaned walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys
Caring for an orphaned walrus calf encountered during USGS surveysIḷisaġvik College intern Violett Annisket attends to an orphan walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys. USGS is developing methods to detect and count walrus carcasses found onshore after herds return to the waters.
Permit: MA3376D
USGS research wildlife biologist attends to an orphaned walrus calf
USGS research wildlife biologist attends to an orphaned walrus calfUSGS research wildlife biologist Anthony attends to an orphan walrus calf encountered during a storm.
Permit: MA3376D
USGS research wildlife biologist attends to an orphaned walrus calf
USGS research wildlife biologist attends to an orphaned walrus calfUSGS research wildlife biologist Anthony attends to an orphan walrus calf encountered during a storm.
Permit: MA3376D
Attending to an orphan walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys
Attending to an orphan walrus calf encountered during USGS surveysIḷisaġvik College intern Violett Annisket attends to an orphan walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys. USGS is developing methods to detect and count walrus carcasses found onshore after herds return to the waters.
Permit:MA3376D
Attending to an orphan walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys
Attending to an orphan walrus calf encountered during USGS surveysIḷisaġvik College intern Violett Annisket attends to an orphan walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys. USGS is developing methods to detect and count walrus carcasses found onshore after herds return to the waters.
Permit:MA3376D
Walrus calf gazes out the window of an abandoned building
Walrus calf gazes out the window of an abandoned buildingAn orphan calf gazes out the window of an abandoned building where USGS research biologist Anthony Fischbach and Iḷisaġvik College intern Violett Annisket attended to his care during a September 2026 storm.
Permit: MA3376D
Walrus calf gazes out the window of an abandoned building
Walrus calf gazes out the window of an abandoned buildingAn orphan calf gazes out the window of an abandoned building where USGS research biologist Anthony Fischbach and Iḷisaġvik College intern Violett Annisket attended to his care during a September 2026 storm.
Permit: MA3376D
Attending to an orphaned walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys
Attending to an orphaned walrus calf encountered during USGS surveysIḷisaġvik College intern Violett Annisket attends to an orphan walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys. USGS is developing methods to detect and count walrus carcasses found onshore after herds return to the waters.
Permit: MA3376D
Attending to an orphaned walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys
Attending to an orphaned walrus calf encountered during USGS surveysIḷisaġvik College intern Violett Annisket attends to an orphan walrus calf encountered during USGS surveys. USGS is developing methods to detect and count walrus carcasses found onshore after herds return to the waters.
Permit: MA3376D
Videos
Rusting Rivers B-Roll: Kugururok River, Alaska
This is B-roll video of the Kugururok River, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska from August 30, 2025.
This is B-roll video of the Kugururok River, Noatak National Preserve, Alaska from August 30, 2025.
Rusting Rivers B-Roll: Igning River, Alaska
This is B-roll video of the Igning River, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska from August 26, 2024.
This is B-roll video of the Igning River, Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska from August 26, 2024.
Rusting Rivers B-Roll: Anatok Creek, Alaska
This is B-roll video of Anatok Creek, Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska from August 19, 2025.
This is B-roll video of Anatok Creek, Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska from August 19, 2025.
Ozette Lake Paleoseismology
Ozette Lake is located above the locked portion of the northern Cascadia megathrust and is relatively isolated from other active faults.
Ozette Lake is located above the locked portion of the northern Cascadia megathrust and is relatively isolated from other active faults.
Ozette Lake Paleoseismology (AD)
Ozette Lake is located above the locked portion of the northern Cascadia megathrust and is relatively isolated from other active faults.
Ozette Lake is located above the locked portion of the northern Cascadia megathrust and is relatively isolated from other active faults.
Rusting Rivers: Heavy Metals and Visible Color Changes
Rusting Rivers: Heavy Metals and Visible Color ChangesRusting rivers are increasingly common in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska. The orange stream color reflects oxidized iron (hence the appearance of rusting), but orange color also indicates elevated heavy metal concentrations and impaired water quality.
Rusting Rivers: Heavy Metals and Visible Color Changes
Rusting Rivers: Heavy Metals and Visible Color ChangesRusting rivers are increasingly common in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska. The orange stream color reflects oxidized iron (hence the appearance of rusting), but orange color also indicates elevated heavy metal concentrations and impaired water quality.
Audio
Large walrus herd resting on Alaskan shore
Sounds from a large herd of walruses resting on Alaskan shores of the Chukchi Sea recorded. Deep full barks and calls of individual walruses near the edge of the herd are audible over a continuous rhythmic humming sound that arises from the calls of tens of thousands of walrsues from deeper within the herd.
Sounds from a large herd of walruses resting on Alaskan shores of the Chukchi Sea recorded. Deep full barks and calls of individual walruses near the edge of the herd are audible over a continuous rhythmic humming sound that arises from the calls of tens of thousands of walrsues from deeper within the herd.
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of Alaska
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of AlaskaWhat do walrus sound like? Listen to audio clips of walrus bellowing as they are hauled out on the northwest coast of Alaska.
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of Alaska
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of AlaskaWhat do walrus sound like? Listen to audio clips of walrus bellowing as they are hauled out on the northwest coast of Alaska.
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of Alaska
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of AlaskaWhat do walrus sound like? Listen to audio clips of walrus bellowing as they are hauled out on the northwest coast of Alaska.
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of Alaska
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of AlaskaWhat do walrus sound like? Listen to audio clips of walrus bellowing as they are hauled out on the northwest coast of Alaska.
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of Alaska
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of AlaskaWhat do walrus sound like? Listen to audio clips of walrus bellowing as they are hauled out on the northwest coast of Alaska.
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of Alaska
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of AlaskaWhat do walrus sound like? Listen to audio clips of walrus bellowing as they are hauled out on the northwest coast of Alaska.
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of Alaska
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of AlaskaWhat do walrus sound like? Listen to audio clips of walrus bellowing as they are hauled out on the northwest coast of Alaska.
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of Alaska
Walruses Hauled Out on the Northwest Coast of AlaskaWhat do walrus sound like? Listen to audio clips of walrus bellowing as they are hauled out on the northwest coast of Alaska.
A New Way to Model Sea Ice Thickness
Sea ice, which is constantly thickening and thinning, plays an important role in the Earth's climate system.
Sea ice, which is constantly thickening and thinning, plays an important role in the Earth's climate system.
Webcams
Glacial Lake 2 and half miles
An overlook view of Glacial Lake 2.5 miles North of Nugget Creek near Auke Bay, Alaska.
An overlook view of Glacial Lake 2.5 miles North of Nugget Creek near Auke Bay, Alaska.
Phelan Creek near Paxson
Phelan Creek near Paxson, AK Monitoring location 15478040 is associated with a STREAM in SOUTHEAST FAIRBANKS CENSUS AREA, ALASKA. Current conditions of DISCHARGE, GAGE HEIGHT, and TEMPERATURE are available. Water data back to 1966 are available online. This camera is telemetered by satellite and updates at approximately 22:00 UTC (+/- 60 minutes) each day.
Phelan Creek near Paxson, AK Monitoring location 15478040 is associated with a STREAM in SOUTHEAST FAIRBANKS CENSUS AREA, ALASKA. Current conditions of DISCHARGE, GAGE HEIGHT, and TEMPERATURE are available. Water data back to 1966 are available online. This camera is telemetered by satellite and updates at approximately 22:00 UTC (+/- 60 minutes) each day.
Tyee Lake Outlet near Wrangell
Tyee Lake Outlet near Wrangell, AK Monitoring location 15019990 is associated with a STREAM in CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA. Current conditions of DCP BATTERY VOLTAGE and GAGE HEIGHT are available. Water data back to 1979 are available online. This camera is telemetered by satellite and updates at approximately 19:00 UTC (+/- 60 minutes) each day.
Tyee Lake Outlet near Wrangell, AK Monitoring location 15019990 is associated with a STREAM in CITY AND BOROUGH OF WRANGELL, ALASKA. Current conditions of DCP BATTERY VOLTAGE and GAGE HEIGHT are available. Water data back to 1979 are available online. This camera is telemetered by satellite and updates at approximately 19:00 UTC (+/- 60 minutes) each day.