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Smithsonian Alaska Native Collections

Explore the different cultures of the territory between the Arctic and Pacific...

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Shismaref, Alaska

A stormy sea lashes the village of Shismaref, Alaska, where the coastline has...

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Consequences of Arctic Climate Change

In this activity, students will be able to identify and explain at least three...

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Unearthing History: Mary Anning's Hunt for Prehistoric Ocean Giants

You may not have realized it, but you’ve been acquainted with Mary Anning since...

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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

Sea ice is typically viewed as the domain of physical and natural scientists, the...

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One Hundred Names for Sea Ice

To people living in warm climates, all ice looks the same. But if you live day-in...

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Bowhead Whale: One Species at a Time

In the episode of One Species at a Time, writer Karen Romano Young takes an...

Ángeles Alvariño: Woman of Many Namesakes

Latin names of species may seem boring—a litany of extra-long names in a dead...

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Why a Tusk? The real-life unicorns of the sea and the tusks that make them famous

In the frigid Arctic Ocean, a mysterious toothed whale—the narwhal— resides...

From Mermaids to Manatees: the Myth and the Reality

In centuries past, the ocean was thought to be full of krakens, sea serpents, sea...