Chukchi Sea
Marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean north of the Bering Strait
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| 2023 |
Iñupiat
Ryan Redington won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, becoming the 2023 Champion and an ambassador of Alaska Native values and traditions.
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| 2021 | Researchers documented two extensive cyst beds of the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella in Ledyard Bay and Barrow Canyon, covering an area of 145,600 km2 with high sediment cyst concentration. |
| 2019 |
Iñupiat
The Iḷisaqativut language intensive program was held in Qikiqtaġruk (Kotzebue).
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| August 2019 | In situ harmful algal blooms of Alexandrium catenella occurred in the Chukchi Sea, attributed to extensive cyst beds in Ledyard Bay and Barrow Canyon. |
| July 2019 | In situ harmful algal blooms of Alexandrium catenella occurred in the Chukchi Sea, attributed to extensive cyst beds in Ledyard Bay and Barrow Canyon. |
| 2018 |
Iñupiat
The Iḷisaqativut language intensive program was held in Siqnasuaq (Nome).
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| August 2018 | In situ harmful algal blooms of Alexandrium catenella occurred in the Chukchi Sea, attributed to extensive cyst beds in Ledyard Bay and Barrow Canyon. |
| July 2018 | In situ harmful algal blooms of Alexandrium catenella occurred in the Chukchi Sea, attributed to extensive cyst beds in Ledyard Bay and Barrow Canyon. |
| 2017 |
Iñupiat
Iḷisaqativut, a grassroots two-week Iñupiaq language intensive program, began with its first gathering held in Utqiaġvik.
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| September 2015 | Shell Oil announced the end of its Arctic oil exploration in the Chukchi Sea region, citing high costs and declining oil prices. The company eventually gave up almost all of its Arctic leases. |
| May 2015 | Obama administration's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management provided conditional approval for Shell Oil to drill in shallow Chukchi Sea waters. |
| 2012 | Scientists from the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory discovered the largest-known oceanic phytoplankton algal bloom in the world, unexpectedly finding algae under several metres of intact sea ice. |
| October 15 2010 | Russian scientists established the Severny Polyus-38 floating polar research station in the Chukchi Sea, with 15 researchers conducting polar studies for a year. |
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