Research vessels are still needed to observe our changing ocean. 🧪🌊🦑
#Sikuliaq #UNOLS #NSF
#WorldOceanDay
#Sikuliaq #UNOLS #NSF
#WorldOceanDay
June 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Research vessels are still needed to observe our changing ocean. 🧪🌊🦑
#Sikuliaq #UNOLS #NSF
#WorldOceanDay
#Sikuliaq #UNOLS #NSF
#WorldOceanDay
Today we are running the last of the seawater samples from the Distributed Biological Observatory project. The research cruise is on the UAF RV Sikuliaq in the Pacific Arctic. #FieldworkFriday
🧪🌊🦑🐻❄️ @uafairbanks.bsky.social
Sikuliaq is an Iñupiaq word for "young sea ice".
📸 S. Sandy and E. Roth
🧪🌊🦑🐻❄️ @uafairbanks.bsky.social
Sikuliaq is an Iñupiaq word for "young sea ice".
📸 S. Sandy and E. Roth
December 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today we are running the last of the seawater samples from the Distributed Biological Observatory project. The research cruise is on the UAF RV Sikuliaq in the Pacific Arctic. #FieldworkFriday
🧪🌊🦑🐻❄️ @uafairbanks.bsky.social
Sikuliaq is an Iñupiaq word for "young sea ice".
📸 S. Sandy and E. Roth
🧪🌊🦑🐻❄️ @uafairbanks.bsky.social
Sikuliaq is an Iñupiaq word for "young sea ice".
📸 S. Sandy and E. Roth
The RV Sikuliaq is offloading in Sitŋasuaq (Nome). The next research cruise includes our #OceanAcidification project in the #Arctic! 🙌 #FieldworkFriday 🧪🌊🦑🐻❄️ #SKQ202515s
🗺️ by Windy.com
www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
🗺️ by Windy.com
www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
August 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The RV Sikuliaq is offloading in Sitŋasuaq (Nome). The next research cruise includes our #OceanAcidification project in the #Arctic! 🙌 #FieldworkFriday 🧪🌊🦑🐻❄️ #SKQ202515s
🗺️ by Windy.com
www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
🗺️ by Windy.com
www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
Some cool new subduction zone research conducted on the R/V Sikuliaq: ⚒️
Understanding why some faults creep rather than sticking and causing massive earthquakes is important for gauging the future risk of both earthquakes and tsunamis.
A marine geologist explains:
A marine geologist explains:
A quiet Alaska fault is missing the fluids scientists expected – and it’s changing what we know about earthquake zones
Understanding why some faults creep rather than sticking and causing massive earthquakes is important for gauging the future risk of both earthquakes and tsunamis.
theconversation.com
May 7, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Some cool new subduction zone research conducted on the R/V Sikuliaq: ⚒️
This nipitchaq (octopus in Iñupiaq) was a temporary shipmate aboard the RV Sikuliaq (young sea ice in Iñupiaq). 🌊🦑🧪👩🔬
The #Arctic Collaborative Research Cruise is wrapping up the last few stations in the western Beaufort Sea. #SKQ202412s
www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
📸 S. Sandy
The #Arctic Collaborative Research Cruise is wrapping up the last few stations in the western Beaufort Sea. #SKQ202412s
www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
📸 S. Sandy
August 22, 2024 at 12:31 AM
This nipitchaq (octopus in Iñupiaq) was a temporary shipmate aboard the RV Sikuliaq (young sea ice in Iñupiaq). 🌊🦑🧪👩🔬
The #Arctic Collaborative Research Cruise is wrapping up the last few stations in the western Beaufort Sea. #SKQ202412s
www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
📸 S. Sandy
The #Arctic Collaborative Research Cruise is wrapping up the last few stations in the western Beaufort Sea. #SKQ202412s
www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
📸 S. Sandy
June 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
January 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
There's apparently a plan to bring Sikuliaq, the ice-capable research vessel currently in Alaska, down to Antarctica. But Sikuliaq is not an icebreaker. There's a big difference between ice-hardened and icebreaker.
The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX
NSF plans abrupt end to lone U.S. Antarctic research icebreaker
Imminent termination of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer shocks polar scientists
scim.ag
July 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
There's apparently a plan to bring Sikuliaq, the ice-capable research vessel currently in Alaska, down to Antarctica. But Sikuliaq is not an icebreaker. There's a big difference between ice-hardened and icebreaker.
This all women, all early career team is officially on its way to the Wedell Sea, Antarctica to study sea ice and plankton!! Wish us luck in the dreadful Drake Passage 🤞🌊🐧🇦🇶 #oceanography #iceXplankton Krill pun shirts were gifts from co-I Tricia Thibodeau 💗
January 12, 2026 at 1:38 AM
This all women, all early career team is officially on its way to the Wedell Sea, Antarctica to study sea ice and plankton!! Wish us luck in the dreadful Drake Passage 🤞🌊🐧🇦🇶 #oceanography #iceXplankton Krill pun shirts were gifts from co-I Tricia Thibodeau 💗
Nice article! 🧪🌊🦑 #Sikuliaq #Oceangraphy #Arctic
Training Leaders for Seagoing Polar Oceanography
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Training Leaders for Seagoing Polar Oceanography
tos.org/oceanography...
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Nice article! 🧪🌊🦑 #Sikuliaq #Oceangraphy #Arctic
Training Leaders for Seagoing Polar Oceanography
tos.org/oceanography...
Training Leaders for Seagoing Polar Oceanography
tos.org/oceanography...
We are so excited that the 🇺🇸 West Coast #OceanAcidification cruise is on the RV Sikuliaq! 🧪🌊🦑🙌🐻❄️
This research cruise is led by our colleagues Dr. Simone Alin (NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab) and Dr. Brendan Carter (University of Washington CICOES). #WCOA
www.pmel.noaa.gov/news-and-med...
This research cruise is led by our colleagues Dr. Simone Alin (NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab) and Dr. Brendan Carter (University of Washington CICOES). #WCOA
www.pmel.noaa.gov/news-and-med...
August 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
We are so excited that the 🇺🇸 West Coast #OceanAcidification cruise is on the RV Sikuliaq! 🧪🌊🦑🙌🐻❄️
This research cruise is led by our colleagues Dr. Simone Alin (NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab) and Dr. Brendan Carter (University of Washington CICOES). #WCOA
www.pmel.noaa.gov/news-and-med...
This research cruise is led by our colleagues Dr. Simone Alin (NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Lab) and Dr. Brendan Carter (University of Washington CICOES). #WCOA
www.pmel.noaa.gov/news-and-med...
The #Arctic Collaborative Research Cruise is headed south through the Chukchi Sea. 🌊🦑🧪 Only a few days left aboard the RV Sikuliaq for #SKQ202412s! #FieldworkFriday
📸 S. Bell
📸 S. Bell
August 23, 2024 at 10:14 PM
The #Arctic Collaborative Research Cruise is headed south through the Chukchi Sea. 🌊🦑🧪 Only a few days left aboard the RV Sikuliaq for #SKQ202412s! #FieldworkFriday
📸 S. Bell
📸 S. Bell
We have made it across the Drake and arrived at Palmer station today. All things considered, the drake was very kind to us. We picked up some supplies at Palmer and are headed to the Waddell to start science ops! Imaging plankton along the way :) #oceanography 🌊🐧❤️ whales and penguins abound!
January 15, 2026 at 9:35 PM
We have made it across the Drake and arrived at Palmer station today. All things considered, the drake was very kind to us. We picked up some supplies at Palmer and are headed to the Waddell to start science ops! Imaging plankton along the way :) #oceanography 🌊🐧❤️ whales and penguins abound!
It’s actually happening!
The West Coast Ocean Acidification Cruise is mobilizing after 4 weeks of port delays.
Excited to take these critical ocean biogeochemical measurements across North America!
#oceanacidification #wcoa26 #NOAA #eDNA #zooplankton
The West Coast Ocean Acidification Cruise is mobilizing after 4 weeks of port delays.
Excited to take these critical ocean biogeochemical measurements across North America!
#oceanacidification #wcoa26 #NOAA #eDNA #zooplankton
July 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
It’s actually happening!
The West Coast Ocean Acidification Cruise is mobilizing after 4 weeks of port delays.
Excited to take these critical ocean biogeochemical measurements across North America!
#oceanacidification #wcoa26 #NOAA #eDNA #zooplankton
The West Coast Ocean Acidification Cruise is mobilizing after 4 weeks of port delays.
Excited to take these critical ocean biogeochemical measurements across North America!
#oceanacidification #wcoa26 #NOAA #eDNA #zooplankton
US Antarctic research vessel strategy 2025: pull an Arctic RV because we have no Antarctic RV. RV Sikuliaq headed south from Dutch Harbor, Alaska. That’s a long way! @ rvsikuliaq on IG
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
US Antarctic research vessel strategy 2025: pull an Arctic RV because we have no Antarctic RV. RV Sikuliaq headed south from Dutch Harbor, Alaska. That’s a long way! @ rvsikuliaq on IG
Big science day today for us-our first ice station! We drilled ice cores to characterize the ice and sampled from an Ice pond to see what biology is there and what it’s doing. We are pretty stuck in the ice trying to drop the geology team off at Seymour Island before we can do more #oceanography 🌊🐧🇦🇶
January 17, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Big science day today for us-our first ice station! We drilled ice cores to characterize the ice and sampled from an Ice pond to see what biology is there and what it’s doing. We are pretty stuck in the ice trying to drop the geology team off at Seymour Island before we can do more #oceanography 🌊🐧🇦🇶
STEMSEAS getting a tour of scientific instrumentation aboard Sikuliaq.⚒️
August 3, 2024 at 8:29 PM
STEMSEAS getting a tour of scientific instrumentation aboard Sikuliaq.⚒️
#ProudMomAlert
My youngest son was the lead on this project for his masters project @colorado.edu. Check it out.
(He now works with earthquake data)
Satellite data from ship captures landslide-generated tsunami for the first time 🧪
cires.colorado.edu/news/satelli...
My youngest son was the lead on this project for his masters project @colorado.edu. Check it out.
(He now works with earthquake data)
Satellite data from ship captures landslide-generated tsunami for the first time 🧪
cires.colorado.edu/news/satelli...
May 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
#ProudMomAlert
My youngest son was the lead on this project for his masters project @colorado.edu. Check it out.
(He now works with earthquake data)
Satellite data from ship captures landslide-generated tsunami for the first time 🧪
cires.colorado.edu/news/satelli...
My youngest son was the lead on this project for his masters project @colorado.edu. Check it out.
(He now works with earthquake data)
Satellite data from ship captures landslide-generated tsunami for the first time 🧪
cires.colorado.edu/news/satelli...
Home for the next few weeks. Gotta say, Tahiti is a funny place to board an icebreaker! 🌊⛴️
December 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Home for the next few weeks. Gotta say, Tahiti is a funny place to board an icebreaker! 🌊⛴️
Our Antarctic cruise on the Sikuliaq (based in AK) hosted the Antarctic triple ARRR 100k challenge: run 🏃♀️, row, & ride 🚴♀️a total of 100k with at least 10k of each. Collectively, we completed 14,682 km, which is more than the distance Sikuliaq traveled from Alaska to Antarctica! #oceanography 🌊🇦🇶🐧
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Our Antarctic cruise on the Sikuliaq (based in AK) hosted the Antarctic triple ARRR 100k challenge: run 🏃♀️, row, & ride 🚴♀️a total of 100k with at least 10k of each. Collectively, we completed 14,682 km, which is more than the distance Sikuliaq traveled from Alaska to Antarctica! #oceanography 🌊🇦🇶🐧
January 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This week we are running seawater samples collected from the UAF RV Sikuliaq for the Distributed Biological Observatory project. 🌊🧪🦑
#Nanuq 💙🐻❄️💛 www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
📸 by B. Marx and E. Roth
#Nanuq 💙🐻❄️💛 www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
📸 by B. Marx and E. Roth
October 18, 2024 at 4:48 PM
This week we are running seawater samples collected from the UAF RV Sikuliaq for the Distributed Biological Observatory project. 🌊🧪🦑
#Nanuq 💙🐻❄️💛 www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
📸 by B. Marx and E. Roth
#Nanuq 💙🐻❄️💛 www.uaf.edu/cfos/sikuliaq/
📸 by B. Marx and E. Roth
November 14, 2024 at 11:47 AM
🚨Job Alert🚨
@uafairbanks.bsky.social College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences is hiring a zooplankton specialist.
Apply by February 18. 🧪🌊🦑
careers.alaska.edu/jobs/zooplan...
@uafairbanks.bsky.social College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences is hiring a zooplankton specialist.
Apply by February 18. 🧪🌊🦑
careers.alaska.edu/jobs/zooplan...
February 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
🚨Job Alert🚨
@uafairbanks.bsky.social College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences is hiring a zooplankton specialist.
Apply by February 18. 🧪🌊🦑
careers.alaska.edu/jobs/zooplan...
@uafairbanks.bsky.social College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences is hiring a zooplankton specialist.
Apply by February 18. 🧪🌊🦑
careers.alaska.edu/jobs/zooplan...