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Sheridan River sonar
Sheridan River sonar
Sheridan River sonar
Sheridan River scour hole
Sheridan River scour hole
Sheridan River scour hole
Diagram of 20-story structure with sensors on 10 levels. Red triangles, squares, and circles show location of instruments.
Schematic of Atwood array and boreholes
Schematic of Atwood array and boreholes
Schematic of Atwood array and boreholes

The Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) structural monitoring system in the 20- story Atwood Building is one of the most sophisticated systems in the country. Sensors are deployed on the parking and street levels, the electrical and mechanical levels, the roof level, and the 2nd, 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th, and 19th floors.

The Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) structural monitoring system in the 20- story Atwood Building is one of the most sophisticated systems in the country. Sensors are deployed on the parking and street levels, the electrical and mechanical levels, the roof level, and the 2nd, 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th, and 19th floors.

Green and gray illustration marked by red squares and gray lines on right. Labels top - bottom.
Delaney Park Borehole Array
Delaney Park Borehole Array
Delaney Park Borehole Array

The Robert Atwood building sensors are complemented by the Delaney Park borehole array. This array of buried, three-component sensors in six boreholes ranging in depth from 15 to 200 feet (5–60 meters), with a seventh sensor at the surface.

The Robert Atwood building sensors are complemented by the Delaney Park borehole array. This array of buried, three-component sensors in six boreholes ranging in depth from 15 to 200 feet (5–60 meters), with a seventh sensor at the surface.

A Pacific sand lance, Pacific herrring and a capelin in Prince William Sound, Alaska
A Pacific sand lance, Pacific herrring and a capelin
A Pacific sand lance, Pacific herrring and a capelin
A Pacific sand lance, Pacific herrring and a capelin

A Pacific sand lance, Pacific herrring and a capelin in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Northern Pintail pair on water, Copper River Delta, Alaska
Northern Pintail Alaska
Northern Pintail Alaska
Northern Pintail Alaska

Northern Pintail pair on water. Photo taken on the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Northern Pintails, a duck species that, in Alaska, nests throughout the state and in adjacent regions of Russia and Canada.

Northern Pintail pair on water. Photo taken on the Copper River Delta, Alaska. Northern Pintails, a duck species that, in Alaska, nests throughout the state and in adjacent regions of Russia and Canada.

Glass covered office building in downtown Anchorage, Alaska.
Robert Atwood building
Robert Atwood building
Robert Atwood building

The 20-story Robert Atwood Government Building in downtown Anchorage, built in 1982, is the most fully instrumented building yet monitored by the Advanced National Seismic System.

The 20-story Robert Atwood Government Building in downtown Anchorage, built in 1982, is the most fully instrumented building yet monitored by the Advanced National Seismic System.

Scientist holding a bird
Scientist holding a Grey-cheeked Thrush
Scientist holding a Grey-cheeked Thrush
Scientist holding a Common Redpoll songbird
Common Redpoll
Common Redpoll
Common Redpoll

Common Redpoll 

Walruses resting on shore
Walruses resting on shore at Cape Seniavin
Walruses resting on shore at Cape Seniavin
Walruses resting on shore at Cape Seniavin

Nearly 200 male walruses resting on shore at Cape Seniavin along the shores of southern Bristol Bay

Small bird with crossed beak
Black-capped Chickadee with upper long, curved down beak and crossed
Black-capped Chickadee with upper long, curved down beak and crossed
Black-capped Chickadee with upper long, curved down beak and crossed

Black-capped Chickadee with upper long, curved down beak and crossed. Avian keratin disorder (AKD) is a disease characterized by debilitating beak overgrowth and other abnormalities of keratinized tissues. Affected birds have difficulty feeding and preening and may suffer high rates of mortality.

Black-capped Chickadee with upper long, curved down beak and crossed. Avian keratin disorder (AKD) is a disease characterized by debilitating beak overgrowth and other abnormalities of keratinized tissues. Affected birds have difficulty feeding and preening and may suffer high rates of mortality.

Four clams on a piece of plywood
Four clams taken from a sea otter forage survey
Four clams taken from a sea otter forage survey
Four clams taken from a sea otter forage survey

Clams layed out on a piece of plywood as part of a sea otter forage survey in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Clams layed out on a piece of plywood as part of a sea otter forage survey in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Pacific Brant family in Alaska
Pacific Brant family in Alaska
Pacific Brant family in Alaska
Pacific Brant family in Alaska

Pacific brant family on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.

Juvenile salmon and a stickleback from the Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska
Juvenile salmon from the Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska
Juvenile salmon from the Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska
Juvenile salmon from the Kuskokwim Bay, Alaska

Results from a trawl run in Kuskokwim Bay.  Mostly juvenile chum salmon and one stickleback.

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