Summer is ending and with it ends the summer survey season. (Luckily for me I'm heading out on a fall survey, so I still have sea days t...

( from an Oregon travel ad) I love weddings. Love them! And it's not just because my wedding was the happiest day of my life, or t...

This poor little Chionoecetes crab was wondering around the sea floor, minding his own business, when something tempting bubbled up in fron...

One of the awesome things about my job is getting to interact with scientists who are working all over Alaska. Barrow is hosting some scient...

Last Friday (July 26th) was the Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute open house , and man was it fun! The lab hosted tours, an interactive...

Saturday July 27th is Ted Stevens Day in Alaska. Say what you will about Senator Stevens (his life certainly wasn't boring), but the Un...

It has been super sunny in Juneau which means two things: little work is actually being accomplished and lots of fish and crabs are being ca...