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A collaboration of marine science, indigenous regulatory co-management, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) co-designed with the Ice Seal Committee and Eskimo Walrus Commission.

Utqiagvik Kenai Seward Bristol Bay

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1998 (Center Opens) 2012 (Naknek) 2026 (Active)
Time-lapse Telemetry Sync

Polar Pack-Ice Retreat

Polar sea ice is melting at an unprecedented rate. Drag the time-lapse slider to see how ice cover has decreased over the 28-year operational history of the Alaska SeaLife Center.

⚠️ **Subsistence Impact:** The reduction in fast ice directly threatens the nesting and molting platforms used by spotted and ringed seals, forcing mothers to take dangerous, energetically costly pelagic foraging trips.