Cook Inlet beluga whales are a geographically and genetically distinct population that does not migrate.
Vital Research Supporting Conservation of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales
Award for Outstanding Nunalleq Excavation
The Nunalleq Educational Resource has won the Archaeological Institute of America’s 2021 award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology!
Alaska #OnThisDay
On 19th of October 1867 the United States of America formerly took possession of Alaska from the Russian Empire.
Predator Loss & Climate Change – A Lethal Combination
“It’s well documented that humans are changing Earth’s ecosystems by altering the climate and by removing large predators, but scientists rarely study those processes together.” Douglas Rasher, senior research scientist
Archaeology in Lockdown Alaska
“Lockdown has provided a unique opportunity to focus on collections work – time that is otherwise very hard to get – and by summer’s end I hope to have the collection completely catalogued.”
Nunalleq: “Stories From the Village of our Ancestors”
an interactive educational resource for children which tells the story of the archaeological excavations of a pre-contact Yup’ik sod house in Quinhagak.
