Around the Americas Rotating Header Image Around the Americas
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Mission
    • Our Team
    • Our Partners
    • Get Involved
  • Expedition
    • The Route
    • The Crew
    • The Boat
  • Science & Education
    • Science Program
    • Education Program
    • Ocean Conservation
  • Blog
  • Gallery
  • Press
    • Recent Media Coverage
    • For the Media

Nome, Alaska, USA

May 1st, 2009
by ATA.

Actual arrival: June 30, 2009
Actual departure:
July 7, 2009

Public Events Planned During the Nome Port Call – June 30 to July 7, 10am, Nome Library – Crew is visiting children’s reading group at the library

July 2, 2-6pm, Small Boat Harbor – Open house at the harbor including boat tours, research equipment demos and our dockside interpretive tent

July 2, 7pm, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Interpretive Center – Slideshow from photographer and member of the crew, David Thoreson, followed by screening of “A Sea Change: Imagine A World Without Fish”, a new documentary on ocean acidification. The Interpretive Center is located in the Sitnasuak Building at 214 Front. St.

Nome, which was incorporated in 1901, is the oldest town in the state of Alaska. Each year in March, Nome serves as the final destination of the 1,049 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race which starts in Anchorage. The port of Nome is located on the southern side of the Seward Peninsula facing Norton Sound which is part of the Bering Sea. The waters around Nome support a rich variety of fish, birds and marine mammals which are threatened by pollution, overfishing and the results of global warming.

Websites
City of Nome: www.nomealaska.org
Alaska Center of the Environment: www.akcenter.org

Bookmark and Share

Posted in: Port Calls.
Tagged: Around the Americas · ata · ocean education · ocean health

← Unalaska/Dutch Habor, Alaska USA
Barrow, Alaska, USA →

Comments are closed.

  • S/V Ocean Watch Live Tracking

    S/V Ocean Watch Live Tracking
  • Upcoming Port Calls

    Seattle, Washington - Return June 17

  • Our Mission

    Around the Americas is a 28,000 mile sailing circumnavigation of the American continents with the mission of inspiring, educating and engaging the citizens of the Americas to protect our fragile oceans. Read more...
  • Recent Posts

    • Crew Log 253 – Dorothy Was Right
    • Crew Log 252 – Wrapping Things Up
    • Crew Log 251 – Closing the Circle
    • Education Log 4 – Ocean Watch and Mars
    • Crew Log 250 – Two Tales in One
    • Education Log 3 – Reflections on a Voyage of Discovery
    • Crew Log 249 – Around the Corner
    • Crew Log 248 – One Last Nosebleed
    • Crew Log 247 – Rolling Down the River
    • Crew Log 246 – Up the River
  • Browse the Archives

    Organized by category:
    Crew Logs
    Science
    Education

  • Categories

    • Crew Log
    • Education
    • For the Media
    • Port Calls
    • Recent Media Coverage
    • S/V Ocean Watch
    • Science
    • Uncategorized
    • Video
  • Tags

    aerosols APL-UW aquaculture arctic buoys Around the Americas ata Chihuly clouds coastal erosion corals current educator el niño environment floating debris friends history hydrophone jellyfish JISAO met package MIT Sea Perch NASA S'COOL ocean acidification ocean education ocean health onboard scientist plastic debris runoff sailors tourism weather wildlife
  • Search

  • Archives

    • June 2010
    • May 2010
    • April 2010
    • March 2010
    • February 2010
    • January 2010
    • December 2009
    • November 2009
    • October 2009
    • September 2009
    • August 2009
    • July 2009
    • June 2009
    • May 2009
    • April 2009
    • March 2009
  • Share this Blog

    Share |
 
Principal Partners
 
 
Major Funding From
 
 

© 2019 Around the Americas | Powered by WordPress Home | Blog | Contact Us | Original Site WordPress theme by Frank MacNeil