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Small yellow bird with black on top of it's head at the end of branch
Male Wilson's Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Male Wilson's Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Male Wilson's Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Male Wilson's Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska . This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystem Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.

Male Wilson's Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska . This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystem Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.

Two birds in the rocks, one with fish in it's mouth
A Common Murre holding a juvenile Pacific Herring at its colony
A Common Murre holding a juvenile Pacific Herring at its colony
A Common Murre holding a juvenile Pacific Herring at its colony

A Common Murre holding a juvenile Pacific Herring at its colony on Gull Island, Cook Inlet on July 3, 2017.

A Common Murre holding a juvenile Pacific Herring at its colony on Gull Island, Cook Inlet on July 3, 2017.

A male Wilson's Warbler songbird in a shrub
Male Wilson's Warbler in a shrub on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Male Wilson's Warbler in a shrub on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Male Wilson's Warbler in a shrub on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Male Wilson's Warbler.  This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystem Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.

Male Wilson's Warbler.  This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystem Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.

Photo of USGS biological science tech Shannon Waters holding a salmon for release
Shannon Waters Releases Chinook Salmon, Alaska
Shannon Waters Releases Chinook Salmon, Alaska
Shannon Waters Releases Chinook Salmon, Alaska

USGS biological science technician Shannon Waters releases a Chinook Salmon into an Alaskan river.

USGS biological science technician Shannon Waters releases a Chinook Salmon into an Alaskan river.

Many people on a boat putting a cable in the water
Seismic survey of the Queen Charlotte Fault
Seismic survey of the Queen Charlotte Fault
Seismic survey of the Queen Charlotte Fault

USGS scientists deploy a seismic streamer aboard the R/V David Starr offshore of southeast Alaska to study the Queen Charlotte Fault.

USGS scientists deploy a seismic streamer aboard the R/V David Starr offshore of southeast Alaska to study the Queen Charlotte Fault.

An aerial view of McKinley Lake
An aerial view of McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska
An aerial view of McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska
An aerial view of McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska

McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska. This is the site of deployment of limnocorrals for an Elodea spp. experiment. 

McKinley Lake, outside of Cordova, Alaska. This is the site of deployment of limnocorrals for an Elodea spp. experiment. 

Satellite image showing a picture of northeastern Alaska.
7 Million Landsat Scenes and Counting!
7 Million Landsat Scenes and Counting!
7 Million Landsat Scenes and Counting!

The Landsat archive, the world's longest continuously acquired collection of space-based, moderate-resolution land remote sensing data, has now surpassed 7 million scenes since Landsat 1 first began collecting data in July 1972.

The Landsat archive, the world's longest continuously acquired collection of space-based, moderate-resolution land remote sensing data, has now surpassed 7 million scenes since Landsat 1 first began collecting data in July 1972.

Scientist examining geologic outcrop
Geologist examines rocks at Darby Pluton, AK
Geologist examines rocks at Darby Pluton, AK
Geologist examines rocks at Darby Pluton, AK

USGS Geologist George Case examines granitic rocks in preparation for collecting samples for geochemistry and geochronology near the Boulder Creek prospect at the north end of the Darby pluton on the eastern Seward Peninsula.

USGS Geologist George Case examines granitic rocks in preparation for collecting samples for geochemistry and geochronology near the Boulder Creek prospect at the north end of the Darby pluton on the eastern Seward Peninsula.

Darby Mountain outcrop of quartz monzonite towards the contact between the pluton and Paleozoic marbles
Darby Mountain outcrop of quartz monzonite
Darby Mountain outcrop of quartz monzonite
Darby Mountain outcrop of quartz monzonite

Looking east past a typical Darby Mountain outcrop of quartz monzonite towards the contact between the pluton and Paleozoic marbles

Looking east past a typical Darby Mountain outcrop of quartz monzonite towards the contact between the pluton and Paleozoic marbles

Tony Fischbach's staff photo
Tony Fischbach's staff photo
Tony Fischbach's staff photo
Tony Fischbach's staff photo

Tony Fischbach's staff photo

Rock with phenocrysts and hammer for scale
Potassium feldspar phenocrysts in syenite
Potassium feldspar phenocrysts in syenite
Potassium feldspar phenocrysts in syenite

Stretched phenocrysts of potassium feldspar in syenite of the Kachauik pluton on the Bering Sea coast of the southeastern Seward Peninsula.

Stretched phenocrysts of potassium feldspar in syenite of the Kachauik pluton on the Bering Sea coast of the southeastern Seward Peninsula.

Small yellow bird on a bush
Lone male Yellow Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Lone male Yellow Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Lone male Yellow Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Lone male Yellow Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystem Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.

Lone male Yellow Warbler on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. This photo was taken on the Seward Peninsula as part of the Changing Arctic Ecosystem Boreal-Arctic Transition Zone program.

Children from the village of Elim, Alaska explore the beach outcrops with USGS geologists
Elim village children explore beach outcrops with USGS geologists
Elim village children explore beach outcrops with USGS geologists
Elim village children explore beach outcrops with USGS geologists

USGS geologists (Andy Allard, Beth Drewes-Todd and Alan Pongratz) investigating the rocks exposed on the beaches near the village of Elim with the trusty local guides and eager budding geologists. 

USGS geologists (Andy Allard, Beth Drewes-Todd and Alan Pongratz) investigating the rocks exposed on the beaches near the village of Elim with the trusty local guides and eager budding geologists. 

man holding bird in a field
Joel Schmutz with an Emperor Goose
Joel Schmutz with an Emperor Goose
Joel Schmutz with an Emperor Goose

Joel Schmutz holding an Emperor Goose

Three people looking in a hole they dug
Investigating a marine terrace along the Fairweather Fault
Investigating a marine terrace along the Fairweather Fault
Investigating a marine terrace along the Fairweather Fault

USGS scientists Kate Scharer, Richard Lease, and Adrian Bender excavate a marine terrace elevated tens of meters above sea level on the west side of the Fairweather Fault. Location: Icy Point, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.

USGS scientists Kate Scharer, Richard Lease, and Adrian Bender excavate a marine terrace elevated tens of meters above sea level on the west side of the Fairweather Fault. Location: Icy Point, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.

Two people on a gravel surface next to a cliff
River terraces elevated along the Fairweather Fault
River terraces elevated along the Fairweather Fault
River terraces elevated along the Fairweather Fault

USGS scientists Richard Lease and Adrian Bender examine river terraces elevated tens of meters above the modern channel level on the west side of the Fairweather Fault. Location: Kaknau Creek, Icy Point, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.

USGS scientists Richard Lease and Adrian Bender examine river terraces elevated tens of meters above the modern channel level on the west side of the Fairweather Fault. Location: Kaknau Creek, Icy Point, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska.

Kasilof River bridge
Kasilof River bridge
Kasilof River bridge
Kasilof River bridge

Kasilof River bridge

A Black-capped Chickadee with a beak that has grown long and crossed
Black-capped Chickadee with a deformed crossed beak
Black-capped Chickadee with a deformed crossed beak
Black-capped Chickadee with a deformed crossed beak

A Black-capped Chickadee with a beak that has grown long and crossed

A Black-capped Chickadee with a beak that has grown long and crossed

Scientist operates equipment console while towing GPR on ice
Pulling GPR
Pulling GPR
Pulling GPR

Research Hydrologist Neil Terry (USGS) collects ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data. Using hydrogeophysical tools such as GPR enables scientists to collect images of the structure and conditions of the ice below them. (April 2017)

Research Hydrologist Neil Terry (USGS) collects ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data. Using hydrogeophysical tools such as GPR enables scientists to collect images of the structure and conditions of the ice below them. (April 2017)

 Scientist tows GPR over ice
Collecting GPR Data in Alaska
Collecting GPR Data in Alaska
Collecting GPR Data in Alaska

Research Hydrologist Neil Terry (USGS) collects ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data along an oil pipeline in Alaska. (April 2017)

Research Hydrologist Neil Terry (USGS) collects ground-penetrating radar (GPR) data along an oil pipeline in Alaska. (April 2017)