Where are we going?
The map below shows the Northern Gulf of Alaska with sampling stations shown as black dots. The overall approach of the cruise is to occupy the Seward Line, Kodiak Line, and Middleton Line transects across the shelf and a string of stations within western Prince William Sound. If weather allows, we stop to take samples at every point on the map during the cruise.
Not all stations are sampled the same. During each morning we will typically occupy a selected “intensive” station that involves a greater number and range of samples than the other stations occupied that day. Between stations we collect underway measurements, as well as seabird and marine mammal observations.
The GAK1 station is our longest time series. It has been sampled for over 50 years!