http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ Exploring Alaskan Seas en Vox Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:36:29 -0800 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/beringian-quest-update.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michelle Ridgway) http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/beringian-quest-update.html?_c=feed-rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/beringian-quest-update.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:36:29 -0800 Here's a brief, semi-annual update! Research in the Bering Sea Canyons, especially Pribilof and Zhemchug Canyon, is ongoing and underway now! These are only two of several canyons cut into the North American Continental Margin, aka the Beringi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/beringian-quest-update.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b0123f185dfa1860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> esperanza pribilof islands efh michelle ridgway bering sea canyons beringia beringian margin cold water coral st. george's canyon alaskan coral paleoecology marine education king crab habitat pribilof domain alaska deep ocean science institute http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/sea-whip-habitat-for-rockfish.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michelle Ridgway) http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/sea-whip-habitat-for-rockfish.html?_c=feed-rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/sea-whip-habitat-for-rockfish.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:41:12 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011016940b02860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011016940b02860d-50si" alt="NOAA_seawhip" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d49fcc860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d49fcc860e-50si" alt="Sea Whips &amp; POP" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 5 June 2007 Pribilof Canyon "Sea Whips" are a member of the Pennatulacean corals. At over 2 meters high, Halipteris willemoesei is the tallest coral recorded in Pribilof Canyon. We will refer to three sources of data on its distribution and e... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/sea-whip-habitat-for-rockfish.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d4b31c860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/multibeam-bathymetric-survey-is-underway.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michelle Ridgway) http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/multibeam-bathymetric-survey-is-underway.html?_c=feed-rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/multibeam-bathymetric-survey-is-underway.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:23:12 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b0110161447dc860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b0110161447dc860b-50si" alt="Sonar Survey" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101659261c860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101659261c860c-50si" alt="Dense_plumarella" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b0110161447d4860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b0110161447d4860b-50si" alt="Fish_scleractiniacoral" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d49db6860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d49db6860e-50si" alt="Bill teaching Candace about sonar data aquisition" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 4 June 2009 Pribilof Canyon Based on previous surveys in this region, it appears as if typical seafloor type in the upper canyon is compacted sediment with some sand or silt over the top. In this canyon seafloor image, Plumarella seafan cor... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/multibeam-bathymetric-survey-is-underway.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101693fd83860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> pribilof canyon canyon habitat marine habitat mapping seafloor features http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/return-to-pribilof-canyon.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michelle Ridgway) http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/return-to-pribilof-canyon.html?_c=feed-rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/return-to-pribilof-canyon.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:37:15 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d49192860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d49192860e-50si" alt="Aleutian Sunset" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101693f375860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101693f375860d-50si" alt="Michelle &amp; Candace: BioGeo Team" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d401cc860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d401cc860e-50si" alt="Pribilof Domain" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 3 JUNE 2009 We left Captain's Bay, Unalaska Island in the wee hours of this morning, headed directly to Pribilof Canyon. Seas were calm, with a lovely sunset. We arrived at the canyon this afternoon. Since most of the crew were both tired and ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/return-to-pribilof-canyon.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101693f689860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/mobilizing-for-canyon-mapping-mission.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michelle Ridgway) http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/mobilizing-for-canyon-mapping-mission.html?_c=feed-rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/mobilizing-for-canyon-mapping-mission.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:37:38 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101613ad48860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101613ad48860b-50si" alt="Mt. Mitchell Captain &amp; B. Tellman" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101658933f860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101658933f860c-50si" alt="NOAA PMEL Oceanographic Mooring Arrays" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101658b986860c.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101658b986860c-50si" alt="Catch de Jour" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011018332e45860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011018332e45860f-50si" alt="Coral Class" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d42e36860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b011017d42e36860e-50si" alt="Ballyhoo View" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> 02 JUNE 2008 DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA The 230' hydrographic survey ship, Mt. Mitchell arrived at Captain's Bay, Unalaska Harbor early this morning! Captain and crew just spent a week crossing the Gulf of Alaska, then another week in the Bering Sea... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/mobilizing-for-canyon-mapping-mission.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101658cf77860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> coral king crab bering sea dutch harbor unalaska commercial fishing candace stepetin http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/return-to-the-beringian-canyons.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michelle Ridgway) http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/return-to-the-beringian-canyons.html?_c=feed-rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/return-to-the-beringian-canyons.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:07:15 -0700 01 June 2009 Anchorage to Dutch Harbor, Unalaska Island, Alaska PRIBILOF CANYON SEAFLOOR MAPPING EXPEDITION 2009 During our submarine expedition to the Bering Sea Caynons in 2007, we conducted 14 dives in Pribilof Canyon and 4 ROV surveys. We d... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/return-to-the-beringian-canyons.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b01101692e9c0860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mt. mitchell pribilof canyon michelle ridgway bering sea canyons geomorphology terrasond habitat mapping beringia http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/im-back.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michelle Ridgway) http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/im-back.html?_c=feed-rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/im-back.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:16:15 -0800 Many weeks have passed since I returned from the Bering Sea Canyon Expedition, but not one day has gone by that I haven't dealt with some facet of the cruise observations, data, or sharing information through discussions and presentations. As pr... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e398c8be750001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> submarine deep sea exploration pribilof zhemchug michelle ridgway marine canyon marine species diversity bering sea canyons http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/snailfish-and-black.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michelle Ridgway) http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/snailfish-and-black.html?_c=feed-rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/snailfish-and-black.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:03:57 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/video/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e398a6531e0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e398a6531e0001-50si" alt="Snail Fish and Black Coral" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e398a88de00001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e398a88de00001-50si" alt="In sub" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e398a8adcf0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e398a8adcf0003-50si" alt="Glass sponges Zhemchug Canyon" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/snailfish-and-black.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e398a8ae020003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> zhemchug canyon black coral snailfish bering sea shelfbreak http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/seaview-rov-for-research.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michelle Ridgway) http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/seaview-rov-for-research.html?_c=feed-rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/seaview-rov-for-research.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:10:04 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e3989f01ba0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e3989f01ba0002-50si" alt="SeaView ROV" /></a> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e3989f11b30003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e3989f11b30003-50si" alt="Sponges" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Diving in the submarines is limited by several factors. Fog, rough water and high winds have singly or collectively curtailed diving several times already. But re-powering requirements can also lead to "down time" for the subs. Batteries must... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e3989f13050003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> sponges corals rov seaview bering sea marine canyons http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/more-to-come.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Michelle Ridgway) http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/more-to-come.html?_c=feed-rss http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/more-to-come.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:41:52 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e3989b70b20001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e3989b70b20001-50si" alt="Deepworker on transect" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The field research phase of our Expedition to the Bering Sea Canyons is winding down, and the Esperanza is laying on anchor near Captain's Bay, Unalaska. Several updates written at sea for this blog were never posted due to satellite signal stre... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://michelleridgway.vox.com/library/post/more-to-come.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d09e856cfdbe2b00e3989f114e0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>