OCEANS 2017 MTS/IEEE Anchorage
As Oceans '17 approaches, activity in Alaska's waters increases, which provides promise of great interest in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Oceans in 2017. We will provide links and information concerning Oil and Gas Exploration; Fishing, Offshore Energy Production, Oceanographic Research, Ocean Acidification, Remote Sensing, Arctic Sea Ice and many other topic. Any application of Technology to the waters around Alaska will be provided as a demonstration that Alaska and Oceans ’17 is a place to be.
Links to news stories and blogs will be provided here to stimulate interest in traveling to Oceans ’17.
OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION
(entered August 22, 2015)
Royal Dutch Shell has been issued a permit to drill into oil bearing strata.
Shell Permit to drill for oil in the Chukchi Sea
ARCTIC COUNCIL
The United States of America is beginning two years as Chairman of the Arctic Council. The US would not be an Arctic Nation without Alaska, so Alaska has a vital role in Arctic Policy.
Alaska has its own Arctic Policy which includes the Oceans. Governor Bill Walker has signed this new policy into law.
Alaska Arctic policy
MONITORING ALASKA
Here is access to real time data from around Alaska including ocean locations around the state. Check it out. You'll find Camera views, all kinds of data about places you've never new existed.