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#Repost @pribsbluesmuse (@get_repost) ・・・ Getting pretty excited about the 10th Annual Bering Sea Days, October 9-14th! Guess what I'll be talking about, among other things? ;) #pribsbluesmuse #pribilofislands #stpaulisland #stgeorgeisland #bluekingcrab #redkingcrab #goldenkingcrab #K12education #ECO #nprbarctic #uafcfos #noaa #adfg #BSD2017 #STEM #science #forscience #alaska #beringsea #education #scienceeducation (at St. Paul, Alaska)

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#Repost @pribsbluesmuse (@get_repost) ・・・ Not many things in this world more cute than a baby Pacific octopus! (Besides maybe kitten RF @lauren.divine and Miss Perle @andy.dietrick). Found this little octo in a settlement bag sample. #pribsbluesmuse #stpaulisland #stgeorgeisland #pribilofislands #bluekingcrab #redkingcrab #science #recruitsandsettlers #science #uafcfos #noaa #nprb #alaska #beringsea #octopus #tentacles #cute (at Saint Paul, Alaska)

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#Repost @pribsbluesmuse (@get_repost) ・・・ Start the clock, Smithsonian Institute! Alex and I help the ECO office deploy a line of settlement plates off the small harbor dock. After a few months of periodic photographic observation by @eco_ak, the Smithsonian SERC scientists will try to determine if we have any marine invasive species settling in our area! I'm hoping for a NO and a clean bill of natural health for our biological community! #pribsbluesmuse #bluekingcrab #pribilofislands #stpaulisland #uafcfos #ECO #marineinvasives #smithsonian #science #scientists #forscience #research #ocean #ourocean #alaska #beringsea (at Saint Paul, Alaska)

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#Repost @pribsbluesmuse (@get_repost) ・・・ Sometimes even plankton can be mesmerizing! After diving around Otter Island, we collected both physical and biological oceanographic data using a CTD instrument and Bongo net. These will help characterize the water column environment through temperature, salinity, and zooplankton community composition. #pribsbluesmuse #bluekingcrab #redkingcrab #pribilofislands #stpaulisland #otterisland #stgeorgeisland #nprb #nprbarctic #uafcfos #noaa #science #forscience #research #scientists #plankton #ocean #ourocean #explore #adventure #alaska #beringsea #scuba #dive (at Saint Paul, Alaska)

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#Repost @pribsbluesmuse (@get_repost) ・・・ The bigger they are, the faster they swim! Haha. Joking! This is quite the encounter with a sea lion off Walrus Island, two-times speed! That was the biggest sea lion Missy or I have ever seen underwater! #pribsbluesmuse #walrusisland #pribilofislands #stpaulisland #stgeorgeisland #bluekingcrab #redkingcrab #uafcfos #noaa #adfg #nprb (at Saint Paul, Alaska)

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#Repost @pribsbluesmuse (@get_repost) ・・・ Just another day at work :) Killing it, like a boss!  #pribsbluesmuse #pribilofislands #bluekingcrab #stpaulisland #stgeorgeisland #redkingcrab #science #research #conservation #scuba #crabs #invertebrates #alaska #universityofalaskafairbanks #biology #departmentoffishandgame #noaaalaskafisheriessciencecenter #alaskanfisheries #scientists (at St. Paul, Alaska)

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#Repost @pribsbluesmuse (@get_repost) ・・・ Not a blue king crab, but getting closer :) And look at that HUGE right claw! The cute little wrinkled scale crab, Dermaturus mandtii. #pribsbluesmuse #pribilofislands #bluekingcrab #stpaulisand #stgeorgeisland #redkingcrab #science #research #conservation #scuba #crabs #invertebrates #alaska #universityofalaska #biology #departmentoffishandgame #noaa #alaskanfisheries #scientists #science #forscience #research #dive @uafcfos (at St. Paul, Alaska)

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#Repost @pribsbluesmuse (@get_repost) ・・・ Calm, cool, collected... DIVE, DIVE, DIVE! #pribsbluesmuse #pribilofislands #bluekingcrab #stpaulisland #stgeorgeisland #redkingcrab #science #research #conservation #scuba #crabs #invertebrates #alaska #universityofalaska #biology #departmentoffishandgame #noaaalaskafisheriessciencecenter #alaskanfisheries #scientists (at St. Paul, Alaska)