Science for Alaska Lecture Series

This is a free all ages lecture. 

Dr. Castellini will share stories of the adventures of building, launching and now supporting the newest ship in the United States research fleet, the R/V Sikuliaq.  The Sikuliaq is the only ice-capable ship in the fleet, and was built especially to operate in polar seas and the ice regions surrounding them. UAF first proposed building such a ship in the mid 1970’s, so it has been a long time coming!  The ship is owned by the National Science Foundation, and UAF is the operator for its global missions, from Nome, to Iceland,  to the Antarctic.