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Science in the City: Journey to the Farallones (Clip)
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Twenty-seven miles beyond the Golden Gate, the craggy Farallon Islands have been home to fur-seal hunters from Russia, a gold-rush-era egg business, and even a nuclear waste dump. Today they’re home to 250,000 sea birds, not to mention seals, sea lions, whales, and sharks. What makes these stark-looking islands so attractive to wildlife?
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: January 26, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: oceanography, farallones islands, noaa, whales, sharks, seals, birds, bay, sea life, grey whale, blue whale, great white, harbor seal, elephant seal,
Project: Science in the City | Browse All
Date: January 26, 2011
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: oceanography, farallones islands, noaa, whales, sharks, seals, birds, bay, sea life, grey whale, blue whale, great white, harbor seal, elephant seal,
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Ice Stories: Whales Under Ice (Clip)
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Craig George and Glenn Sheehan explain how scientists have learned from Iñupiaq hunters to make more accurate counts of bowhead whales.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: September 1, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: whales, bowhead, arctic, alaska, hunters, traditional knowledge, iñupiaq, culture, ice, hunting
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: September 1, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: whales, bowhead, arctic, alaska, hunters, traditional knowledge, iñupiaq, culture, ice, hunting
| Links: | Big Idea: Pairing Scientific and Traditional Knowledge |
Ice Stories: Daniel Lum Interview about Bowhead Whales (Clip)
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Daniel Lum talks about the importance of the Bowhead whale to the native Barrow community.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, alaska, bowhead, whales, inupiat, hunting, tradition
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 29, 2007
Format: Interview
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: barrow, arctic, alaska, bowhead, whales, inupiat, hunting, tradition
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Ice Stories: Barrow Town (Clip)
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Scenes of Barrow, Alaska, near coast.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 28, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: barrow, arctic, scenic, alaska, bowhead, whales
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: August 28, 2007
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s):
Keywords: barrow, arctic, scenic, alaska, bowhead, whales
| Links: | More on Barrow, Alaska |
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