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Current UAS News Releases
Evening at Egan LectureOct. 10: Into the Abyss: Submarine Exploration of the World’s Largest Undersea Canyon
Michelle Ridgeway, Marine Ecologist
Carved by the Yukon River during past Ice Ages, Zhemchug Canyon is the largest undersea canyon in the world. In the summer of 2007, an international team completed the first ever in-water exploration of seafloor and water column creatures in Zhemchug and neighboring Pribilof Canyons. Submarine pilot/marine ecologist, Michelle Ridgway, presents the first-ever underwater video footage from the depth of Alaska’s Bering Sea canyons.
The evening at Egan lecture series is held every Friday at 7 p.m. thorugh November 21, 2008 Visit the Evening at Egan Website for all scheduled lectures.
Contact:
Katie Bausler
University of Alaska Southeast
Phone:
(907) 796-6530
Email:
katie.bausler@uas.alaska.edu
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