Images

Sarah Schoen with a Pacific Herring in her hand that was caught in Prince William Sound, Alaska

A scenic view of the mountains and the ocean in Prince William Sound

A scenic view of the sea and the mountains in Prince William Sound

A close up of the head of a Wilson’s Snipe.

White-fronted geese aggressively defend their nest against an arctic fox.  Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska, USA

Juvenile Northern Shrike.  This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystem Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.

Whimbrel on the tundra on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska.

Photo from a time-lapse camera looking eastward along the north shore of Barter Island on Alaska’s Arctic coast, June 15, 2014. View the complete time-lapse sequence to see how the coastal bluffs and beach changed during a single summer.

Elders Eliza Jones and Bill Williams sharing knowledge of historic land use and place names.

Alaska Native youths at the mouth of the Kodeelno' KodeelKKaakk'et (Kateel River).

USGS biologist Skyler Vold conducts a bird survey on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula

An acoustic recording device on the tundra of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Collecting water quality data on the Pilgrim River. Types of measurements taken were on water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and conductivity.

Preliminary map of selected minerals for a portion of the Nabesna area of interest, near Orange Hill and Bond Creek deposits in Alaska. The image, derived from HyMap imaging spectrometer data collected in July 2014, is draped on shaded relief.

The open black spruce forest of the West Twin Creek catchment with Table Top Mountain in the background

Carson Baughman conducting lake surveys in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in 2014.

Nenana River pier near Windy

Aerial image of Taku Glacier in 1948. The Norris Glacier can be seen on the lower left hand corner and the Hole-in-the-Wall Glacier in the upper center portion of the image. Citation: McNeil, C. J., and Baker, E. H., 2019, Geodetic data for Juneau Icefield Glaciers: orthophotos, digital elevation models, and glacier boundaries (ver 1.0, August, 2019): U.S.

Large polar bear being weighed by Anthony Pagano and Todd Atwood

Common Mergansers are sometimes called sawbills, fish ducks, or goosanders. The word “merganser” comes from the Latin and translates to “plunging goose”. Similar to Goldeneye ducks, mergansers usually nest in natural tree cavities.

The male Common Goldeneye performs a complex courtship display during winter and early spring. These diving ducks eat mostly aquatic invertebrates and fish and females nest in tree cavities.