Veteran intern Antonio Jones at an oyster farm in Drayton Harbor, Washington, checking traps for European Invasive Green Crab. Credit: Northwest Straits Commission
NOAA Live! Alaska Season 2: 2021-22
NOAA Live! Alaska is a series of webinars that connects NOAA scientists and partners with students, teachers, and Alaska communities. In 2021-22, we will be featuring short series of webinars focused on different areas of Alaska.
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NOAA Live! Alaska is a series of interactive webinars, aimed at Alaska students in grades 2-8 (but of interest to all ages!). We will feature NOAA scientists, educators and partners to explore NOAA’s work in Alaska. Learn about current research. Connect to what’s going on in your communities. Join us to ask questions to our presenters and learn more about weather, oceanography, marine life, fisheries and more in Alaska!
NOAA Live! Alaska is coordinated by NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA's Alaska Regional Collaboration Network, and the National Weather Service. The series is modeled on the NOAA Live! webinars coordinated by Woods Hole Sea Grant and the NOAA Regional Collaboration Network. Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
FREE NOAA Live! Iron-On Patch - Fill out this form on the NOAA Live! website to get it in the mail.
View all seasons of NOAA Live! Alaska
NOAA Live! Alaska Webinar Recordings
View recordings of all of our previous NOAA Live! Alaska events.
Or scroll down for a link to each webinar under its description.
May 17, 2022 - Soaking Up the Sea: Exploring Deep-sea Coral and Sponge Habitat in Alaska
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
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Vanessa Lowe and Pamela Goddard, Lynker Technologies Contractor for NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center, and Hannah Miller, Intern at NOAA's Deep Sea Coral Research Technology Program
Have you ever wondered what the seafloor looks like in Alaska? Join us to learn about Alaska's deep-sea coral and sponge habitats, how we study them, and what it's like to be a student intern with NOAA's Deep Sea Coral Research Technology Program.
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Webinar Recording - Soaking up the sea: Exploring Deep-sea Coral and Sponge Habitat in Alaska
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What is Deep-sea Coral Habitat? - NOAA Fisheries
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
May 3, 2022 - Strait Science: Sharing research results to communities in the Bering Strait region!
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
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Gay Sheffield, University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Sea Grant in Nome, Alaska
When you live in the city, how do you provide your research results to some of the remote communities in Alaska? State, federal, and international researchers from around the world come to the Bering Strait region to learn more about seals, sea ice, fisheries, weather, ancient bones, and water temperature changes! Research on all of these topics were done on the Seward Peninsula or in Bering Strait waters, and all of them were featured in the Strait Science webinar series! Join us to find out how Gay Sheffield and Strait Science help to connect research results with remote Alaska communities!
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Strait Science Webinar Series (recordings of past webinars are available here and on YouTube!)
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
April 19, 2022 - Subsistence Whaling As Science
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
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Patuk Glenn, Arctic Slope Community Foundation in Eagle River, Alaska
Science and Inupiaq culture go hand in hand. Listen to Patuk as she shares more information about growing up in Utqiagvik, Alaska and the Inupiaq culture. Patuk will share more information about Inupiaq subsistence whaling as science; and how thousands of years of observation, trial and error have developed a highly intricate culture. Topics will include the science of whaling preparation, the actual hunt, and the celebrations that occur thereafter.
Webinar
Webinar Recording - Subsistence Whaling as Science
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
April 12, 2022 - Zooplankton: Tales from the Bottom of the Food Web
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
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David G. Kimmel, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA
Join us to learn about zooplankton, the small, but mighty creatures at the bottom of the marine food web. We will explore the different types of zooplankton, their importance in the environment, how we collect and study them, and how we use zooplankton information to help sustainably manage Alaska’s marine ecosystems.
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Webinar Recording - Zooplankton: Tales from the Bottom of the Food Web
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NOAA Live! Alaska webinar: Let's Talk About Fish Food! Zooplankton in the Eastern Bering Sea
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Zooplankton Distribution and Abundance Studies in Alaska - NOAA Fisheries
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Zooplankton - NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries
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What are plankton? NOAA National Ocean Service
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Zooplankton - Marinebio.org
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Climate Drives Change in an Arctic Food Web - NOAA Fisheries
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
March 29, 2022 - Iñupiaq Values, Being on the Land, and Always Learning
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
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Iñuraaq Kaylene Evans, Communications Director, Native Movement
My presentation will talk about how Iñupiaq values guide how we carry ourselves and give us the strength to grow and try new things. I will share how time on the land is the most fun way to learn, and how it is never too late to connect deeper to our identity as Native Peoples. Please join me!
Webinar
Webinar recording - Iñupiaq Values, Being on the Land, and Always Learning
The webinar will last about 60 minutes with moderated questions and answers throughout. This webinar will be recorded and posted afterward with captions. (Grades 2-8 but all ages will enjoy).
Educational Resources
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Iñupiaq Values Bingo - Activity sheet for the webinar!
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Iñuraaq Kaylene Evans - Aywaa Storyhouse
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Shareholder Kaylene Evans Crowned Miss WEIO - Bering Straits Native Corporation
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
March 1, 2022 - What Does a Fishery Researcher Do?
Tuesday, March 1, 2022 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
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Emily Markowitz, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA.
Ever wonder what a fishery researcher does? Join us to find out more about the critters and data we collect on our fishery surveys and how we work together to better understand the incredible Bering Sea.
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Webinar recording - What Does a Fishery Researcher Do?
The webinar will last about 60 minutes with moderated questions and answers throughout. This webinar will be recorded and posted afterward with captions. (Grades 2-8 but all ages will enjoy).
Educational Resources
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Eastern Bering Sea Shelf Survey- 2017 science blog
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
February 15, 2022 - Healthy Subsistence Resources - Alaska Native Tribal Affairs Program
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
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Maija Katak Lukin, Alaska Native Tribal Affairs Program Manager, National Park Service Alaska in Palmer, Alaska.
As the Alaska Native Tribal Relations Program Manager for the National Park Service, Maija will talk about the importance of subsistence and how it is critical to sustaining both the physical and spiritual culture of Alaska Native peoples. She will discuss how subsistence users have a unique connection to the land, fostered by tradition and lifelong experience.
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Webinar recording - Healthy Subsistence Resources
The webinar will last about 60 minutes with moderated questions and answers throughout. This webinar will be recorded and posted afterward with captions. (Grades 2-8 but all ages will enjoy).
Educational Resources
- Maija Katak Lukin Selected as the Native Relations Program Manager for Region 11 - National Parks Service
- Kotzebue artist will record a video tutorial of sewing a traditional fur parka - Anchorage Daily News article about Maija Katak Lukin
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
February 8, 2022 - The Subsistence Lifestyle of the Qikiqtagruk Inupiat
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
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Lance Kramer, Traditional Knowledge Specialist at Northwest Arctic Borough in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Lance “Qaluraq” Kramer is a life-long resident of Kotzebue, Alaska. He’s been married to Corina for 29 years. He and Corina enjoy five children and two grandchildren. Lance has a BA in Elementary Education and taught 3rd and 4th grade at JNES Elementary School. He’s currently a pastor of a non-denominational church and hosts multiple youth camps throughout the summer to help curb the suicide and domestic violence rates in his region. He loves to hunt, fish, trap, and play sports of all kinds. Please join us as Lance discusses the importance of subsistence to the Inupiat.
Webinar
Webinar Recording - The Subsistence Life of the Qikiqtagruk Inupiat
The webinar will last about 60 minutes with moderated questions and answers throughout. This webinar will be recorded and posted afterward with captions. (Grades 2-8 but all ages will enjoy).
Educational Resources
- Camp Pigaaq 2011 - video
- Climate Change Has Forced indigenous Peoples in this Alaskan City to Pay $99 For a Turkey - Vice, July 16, 2020 article with Lance Kramer
- Late summer chum run in Kotzebue means work on the beach - Anchorage Daily News video with Lance Kramer, October 28, 2015
- Weaving Indigenous Knowledge into the Scientific Method - Nature, January 2022
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
February 1, 2022 - For the Purpose of a Good Life
Tuesday, February 1, 2022 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
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Mabel Baldwin-Schaeffer, Tribal Research Coordinator at NOAA Fisheries' Alaska Fisheries Science Center.
Come hear about Mabel's new role with Alaska Fisheries Science Center! She’ll share how NOAA is working towards enhancing and strengthening research networks throughout Alaska and building effective and helpful collaborative partnerships with Alaskan Indigenous communities with hopes to inform and advance northern research programs. Mabel also will discuss her background and previous research in the Bering Sea regions.
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Webinar Recording - For the Purpose of a Good Life
The webinar will last about 60 minutes with moderated questions and answers throughout. This webinar will be recorded and posted afterward with captions. (Grades 2-8 but all ages will enjoy).
Educational Resources
- New Tribal Research Coordinator for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center - NOAA Fisheries website
- NOAA + Coastal Tribes: Marine Research Coordination - Mabel's presentation on the Strait Science Webinar series, August 2021
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
January 26, 2022 - Science, Subsistence, and School on St. Lawrence Island
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
Jenell Larsen Tempel, Alaska Department of Fish and Game and Tonia Osborne, Caleb Scholars Program and Alaska Native Artist in Juneau, Alaska.
St. Lawrence Island is a remote island in the middle of the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than Alaska. Join us as two researchers discuss fascinating discoveries about walrus reproduction, the importance of a subsistence way of life to Bering Strait communities, and how these research projects are helping preserve Akuzipik, the native language on St. Lawrence Island, by working with the local schools.
Webinar
Webinar Recording - Science, Subsistence, and School on St. Lawrence Island
The webinar will last about 60 minutes with moderated questions and answers throughout. This webinar will be recorded and posted afterward with captions. (Grades 2-8 but all ages will enjoy).
Educational Resources
- The Motherhood of Pacific Walrus - a journey (and a scientific survey) - Jenell Larsen Tempel's blog about her graduate work
- Pacific Walrus - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Pacific Walrus profile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Watching Walrus - a Bering Sea Adventure for grades 5-8 (Alaska SeaLife Center)
- Alaska Department of Fish and Game Threatened, Endangered, and Diversity (TED) Program
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
September 14, 2021 - The Tale that Blubber Tells: Beluga Research in Bristol Bay, Alaska
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
Coral Pasi, Alaska Pacific University (now at Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife in Olympia, WA)
What can blubber tell us about the health of whales in the wild, and how can that information help us assess endangered populations like the Cook Inlet beluga? Join us to learn about what researchers can find out from beluga blubber samples. Coral will also talk about her current position with the Marine Mammal Investigations Unit in the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and her career path after working on belugas.
Webinar
Webinar Recording - The Tale that Blubber Tells: Beluga Research in Bristol Bay, Alaska
The webinar will last about 60 minutes with moderated questions and answers throughout. This webinar will be recorded and posted afterward with captions. (Grades 2-8 but all ages will enjoy).
Educational Resources
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
September 10, 2021 - Cook Inlet Beluga Tales
Friday, September 10, 2021 - 1:00 pm Alaska time
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Jill Seymour, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Regional Office in Anchorage, AK, and Paul Wade, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA
Join us to learn about endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales. Find out how you can help NOAA scientists and partners look for Cook Inlet belugas around the inlet, on your own or through programs like the Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program, and how beluga sightings from the public can help with the recovery of the population. We'll also look at how new technology can help us learn about a beluga's life history.
Webinar
Webinar recording - Cook Inlet Beluga Tales
The webinar will last about 60 minutes with moderated questions and answers throughout. This webinar will be recorded and posted afterward with captions. (Grades 2-8 but all ages will enjoy).
Educational Resources
- NOAA Fisheries Species in the Spotlight: Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
- Beluga Whale: In the Spotlight
- Belugas Count! Facebook Page
- Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program
- Help Belugas
- Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Photo ID Project
- Science blog (2017): Beluga Whale Hexacopter Survey
- Science blog (2017): Beluga Whale Acoustic Monitoring Survey
- Science blog (2020): Studying Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales in Alaska
- NOAA Live! Alaska webinar - Baby Beluga in the Shallow Gray Sea:- Looking for Newborn Whales with Drones in Cook Inlet, Alaska (webinar recording here)
Contact Lisa Hiruki-Raring (email: lisa.hiruki-raring@noaa.gov) with any questions.
Veteran intern Antonio Jones at an oyster farm in Drayton Harbor, Washington, checking traps for European Invasive Green Crab. Credit: Northwest Straits Commission
