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USGS Alaska Science Center Juneau Water field office
An aerial view of sea ice with open water from a helicopter in the Beaufort Sea. Photo taken during Spring Capture of the Polar Bear project.
An aerial view of sea ice with open water from a helicopter in the Beaufort Sea. Photo taken during Spring Capture of the Polar Bear project.
An aerial view of sea ice with open water from a helicopter in the Beaufort Sea. Photo taken during Spring Capture of the Polar Bear project.
An aerial view of sea ice with open water from a helicopter in the Beaufort Sea. Photo taken during Spring Capture of the Polar Bear project.
A view of a pressure ridge in the sea ice in the Beaufort Sea. Photo taken during Spring Capture of the Polar Bear project.
A view of a pressure ridge in the sea ice in the Beaufort Sea. Photo taken during Spring Capture of the Polar Bear project.
Northwestern Crow with deformed top beak in Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska. 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.
Northwestern Crow with deformed top beak in Auke Bay, Juneau, Alaska. 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.
A large male polar bear weighing 1,265 pounds. Photo taken while conducting field work in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska.
A large male polar bear weighing 1,265 pounds. Photo taken while conducting field work in the Chukchi Sea, Alaska.
An adult male polar bear still-hunting at a seal hole on the sea ice of the southern Beaufort Sea.
An adult male polar bear still-hunting at a seal hole on the sea ice of the southern Beaufort Sea.
Polar bear still hunting at a seal breathing hole
Polar bear still hunting at a seal breathing hole
Spectacled eiders wintering in open areas of the pack ice in the northern Bering Sea, near St. Lawrence Island
Spectacled eiders wintering in open areas of the pack ice in the northern Bering Sea, near St. Lawrence Island
Black-capped Chickadee with a long down-curved elongated top beak. 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 a long down-curved elongated top beak. 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.
Spectacled eiders wintering in open areas of the pack ice in the northern Bering Sea, near St. Lawrence Island.
Spectacled eiders wintering in open areas of the pack ice in the northern Bering Sea, near St. Lawrence Island.
Using remote sensing through the ice to determine how much water was in the Nome River in the winter. Some spots were open to the air.
Using remote sensing through the ice to determine how much water was in the Nome River in the winter. Some spots were open to the air.
Using remote sensing through the ice to determine how much water was in the Nome River in the winter.
Using remote sensing through the ice to determine how much water was in the Nome River in the winter.
Using remote sensing through the ice to determine how much water was in the Nome River in the winter.
Using remote sensing through the ice to determine how much water was in the Nome River in the winter.
Black-capped Chickadee with an elongated and decurved maxilla.
Black-capped Chickadee with an elongated and decurved maxilla.
Water sampling on the Tanana River. Notice the poles of the piezometers installed in the river. This project was to see chum salmon spawning habitat in the winter.
Water sampling on the Tanana River. Notice the poles of the piezometers installed in the river. This project was to see chum salmon spawning habitat in the winter.
Biologists looking from a bluff over the Tanana River in November 2008. This project was to see chum salmon spawning habitat in the winter.
Biologists looking from a bluff over the Tanana River in November 2008. This project was to see chum salmon spawning habitat in the winter.
Chum salmon eggs in the gravel in the Tanana River. This project was to see chum salmon spawning habitat in the winter.
Chum salmon eggs in the gravel in the Tanana River. This project was to see chum salmon spawning habitat in the winter.
Biologist reading water meter in the Tanana River in November, 2008. This project was to see chum salmon spawning habitat in the winter.
Biologist reading water meter in the Tanana River in November, 2008. This project was to see chum salmon spawning habitat in the winter.
Biologist standing next to the shore getting ready to sample water in the Tanana River. This project was to see chum salmon spawning habitat in the winter.
Biologist standing next to the shore getting ready to sample water in the Tanana River. This project was to see chum salmon spawning habitat in the winter.