Phyllis Stabeno, a physical oceanographer at NOAA, told me: “Ice may be beautiful but it’s immensely dangerous. It’s nature. It’s powerful, and you have to treat it with respect. A lot of respect.”
Stabeno admits that ice shapes the physics and biology in the Bering Sea between Alaska and Russia. It’s also hugely important to the people that live up there. Have a listen.
Special thanks to Deborah Mercy and Marilyn Sigman. The video “Faces of Climate Change” was produced by COSEE Alaska, the Alaska Marine Conservation Council, the Alaska Ocean Observing Service, and the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program. Music from Cosy Sheridan.
