Utqiagvik – Alaska Sea Grant

Study aims to help Alaska’s North Slope officials adapt to climate change hazards

By Paula Dobbyn | August 6, 2018

(UTQIAĠVIK, Alaska)—Stacy Bowen’s family has owned The Fur Shop for some 40 years. The cream-colored store in Utqiaġvik sits on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. Crammed floor to ceiling…

Strait Science: Researcher makes connection between wind and whales

By Paula Dobbyn | October 5, 2017

Dr. Carin Ashljan, scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, spoke in Nome about her 11-year project looking at the bowhead feeding zones near Utqiagvik as part of the Strait Science lecture series hosted by UAF and Alaska Sea Grant.