Southeast’s tall young mountains, giant earthquakes, green rainforests and large bears have kept University of Alaska geologist Dan Mann coming back for nearly half a century.
"Mount Fairweather"
Aboard NOAA ship, challenges and adventure while mapping sea floor
Summer is the busy season for marine research in the waters of Western Alaska, and that means plenty of ship traffic through the Port of Nome. One such ship is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel Fairweather, which recently made a third stop in Nome during a mission to map the ocean floor.