Bering Sea Ecosystem
Meet the scientists and crew, and learn more about the tools they use
Every day, we'll add photos and journals about our experiences at the North Pole
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Learn more with hot topics, videos, animations, and interviews.
Postcards from the Ice, puzzles, quizzes and more!
Interviews, Videos, Animations, and Sound

Today on the Ice

April 2 - May 10, 2009

day 1 slideshow

April 2, 2009
Unalaska is Entirely Alaskan

day 2 slideshow

April 3, 2009
Getting Underway

day 3 slideshow

April 4, 2009
A Chilly Reception

day 4 slideshow

April 5, 2009
We Walked on the
Ice of the Sea

day 5 slideshow

April 6, 2009
A Night with the
Krill Gang

day 6 slideshow

April 7, 2009
Under the Ice

day 7 slideshow

April 8, 2009
Checking Out the
Bottom Dwellers

day 8 slideshow

April 9, 2009
From Dusk ‘til Dawn

day 9 slideshow

April 10, 2009
Science-Free Friday

day 10 slideshow

April 11, 2009
Ice, Ice Everywhere

day 11 slideshow

April 12, 2009
The Easter Bunny Visits the Bering Sea

day 12 slideshow

April 13, 2009
Of Copepods and Cows

day 13 slideshow

April 14, 2009
Fun in the Sun

day 14 slideshow

April 15, 2009
The Instrument To Know

day 15 slideshow

April 16, 2009
The Ice Gets Interesting

day 16 slideshow

April 17, 2009
Ice is All Around

day 17 slideshow

April 18, 2009
Thick Ice, Long Night

day 18 slideshow

April 19, 2009
Breaking the Ice

day 19 slideshow

April 20, 2009
Waiting for Wildlife

day 20 slideshow

April 21, 2009
Coring in the Wind

day 21 slideshow

April 22, 2009
Out of the Ice

day 22 slideshow

April 23, 2009
The Traps Return

day 23 slideshow

April 24, 2009
The Bottom of the
Food Web

day 24 slideshow

April 25, 2009
Ship of Sounds

day 25 slideshow

April 26, 2009
The Ice Edge Bloom Cometh

day 26 slideshow

April 27, 2009
On Beyond College

day 27 slideshow

April 28, 2009
On the Ice Again

day 28 slideshow

April 29, 2009
Zooplankton Head Count

day 29 slideshow

April 30, 2009
The Story of Thorium

day 30 slideshow

May 1, 2009
Sounds of the Ice

day 31 slideshow

May 2, 2009
How the Ship Goes

day 32 slideshow

May 3, 2009
Lions & Ciliates & Dinoflagellates, Oh My!

day 33 slideshow

May 4, 2009
Welcome to the
Bug Hotel

day 34 slideshow

May 5, 2009
Four Square Meals
a Day

day 35 slideshow

May 6, 2009
Krill Have History, Too

day 36 slideshow

May 7, 2009
Farewell to the Ice

day 37 slideshow

May 8, 2009
Working the
70-Meter Line

day 38 slideshow

May 9, 2009
The Bering Sea in the Age of Computers

day 39 slideshow

May 10, 2009
Thank You.
No, Thank You