Expeditions

The Glaciers of Kenai Fjords

Measuring climate change

A glaciologist and two image specialists took the Endeavour to seventy-five sites in the Kenai Fjords to photograph glaciers and measure their changes against historical images, graphically documenting the rate and magnitude of climate change. What we saw was sobering. Click for details.

Fossils on the Lost Coast of Alaska

In search of the wily Desmostylian

Two paleontologists, a geologist, an artist, and a fisherman boarded the Endeavour to hunt for the extinct desmostylian (something like a marine hippopotamus) and other fossils along the difficult, dangerous, and infrequently visited Alaskan Gulf coast. Click for details.

The Bubble Feeders of Sitka Sound

Finding out how whales coordinate in feeding

The humpbacks were just back from Hawaii. The Endeavour went to Sitka Sound to support the Alaska Whale Foundation in studying the whales' social structure and communication.  The conditions were rotten, but the whales were there. March 12, 2022. Click for details.

The Star of Bengal

The great unresolved Alaska maritime disaster

The Star of Bengal went down in 1908 off Coronation Island. Of the 27 white crewmen, 15 died. Of the 110 laborers – most of them Chinese – all died except one. The Endeavour and a team of eight set out along the course of the ship to find and document the wreck, and tell the story of those who died.  Click for details.

The Walruses of Round Island

Over 14,000 walruses in one place

The Endeavour will take an arctic biologist and a film crew to study and document the mass congregation of walruses on Round Island, a remote preserve at the top of Bristol Bay. As one scientist put it, "Walruses are the animals we all know but almost no one has seen." June 24 - July 15, 2022. Click for details.

And More for 2022!

Expeditions in the works

We are in discussions with scientists for more expeditions in 2022.  Projects include photography of the seafloor in a key fishing ground, research on beluga whales, paleontology on Kodiak Island, and a multi-disciplinary study of a remote glacial river. Subscribe and stay tuned.