UAF’s Seward Marine Center celebrates 50 years

UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences faculty Seth Danielson and Russ Hopcroft celebrate the 50th birthday of the GAK-1 oceanographic monitoring site in Resurrection Bay. Scientists have used the Seward Marine Center as a base for more than 400 occupations of GAK-1 since Dec. 10, 1970. (Photo credit: Gillian Braver)

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Seward Marine Center celebrated its 50th birthday this year, marking a half-century of becoming the premier research-oriented marine facility in Southcentral Alaska. In conjunction with this anniversary, the GAK-1 oceanographic monitoring site in Resurrection Bay also celebrates 50 years. Scientists have used the Seward Marine Center as a base for more than 400 occupations of GAK-1 since Dec. 10, 1970.

For the full article in the UAF news, see: https://news.uaf.edu/uafs-seward-marine-center-celebrates-50-years/