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The Titanic Wrecksite

On her maiden voyage the Royal Mail Ship Titanic struck an iceberg in the North...

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Archaeologists Investigate an Early Whaling Community

For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologist, William Fitzhugh, has been...

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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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Underwater Archaeology

Geo-archaeologist Jean-Daniel Stanley studies ancient settlements submerged near...

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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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The Evolution of a Reef Aquarium

In the late 1970s, Walter Adey, a paleobiologist and coral reef researcher at the...

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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...