+IslandsAndOcean Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Hello, everyone! Come on down (up) to Homer, Alaska on Saturday, September 5 for a great celebration! The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge is celebrating 100 years this fall. 100 years ago, some 2.7 million acres were set aside in one action by President William Howard Taft when the vast Aleutian Island chain was added to the National Wildlife Refuge system. The Aleutian Islands Reserve unit was designated to be a refuge ranging over 1,100 miles of distance, extending between Unimak (to the east) and Attu (to the west) islands. For the last 100 years, the Refuge has been a protected home for millions of seabirds, and thousands of Steller Sea Lions. Over these last hundred years, there have been many research vessels which have serviced the extensive Refuge, including the current ship, the R/V Tiglax (pronounced TEK-lah, Aleut for eagle). The 250-ton, 120-foot ship dedicated to science support on the Refuge, and puts on 15,000-20,000 nautical miles each season (from late May-early September). This is your chance to celebrate with the staff of Alaska Maritime Refuge, and meet the R/V Tiglax up close! The event includes: -"Refuges on the Air" HAM radio event: Learn about amateur radio, and contact HAM operators across the world -Tiglax open house: Walk through the ship and learn more about the work it does every year. See the wheelhouse, the engine room, and the berths that house the staff for nearly 4 months at a time! -Aleutian field camp visit: See what a field camp looks like out in the Aleutian Islands--the home for 2-6 researchers per site for the summer -Find "NeverSummer" to learn more about how to coordinate Earthcaches across the Aleutians The event runs from 1pm-4pm. Come on down! Quote Link to comment
+uxorious Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Come on down (up) to Homer, Alaska on Saturday, September 5 for a great celebration! What year? Sept. 5th this year is on a Thurs. and was last week. Could you mean Oct. 5th, maybe? Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Come on down (up) to Homer, Alaska on Saturday, September 5 for a great celebration! What year? Sept. 5th this year is on a Thurs. and was last week. Could you mean Oct. 5th, maybe? The evnet cache in the link is for Oct 5 '13. The next time Sept 5 is a Saturday is 2015. I wish I could make it, I enjoyed the vacations I've had in Alaska. Quote Link to comment
+NeverSummer Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Ah. I alerted IslandsAndOcean about the error in their forum post about the event. I am helping out at the event, and the event is, indeed, OCTOBER 5, not September 5. Quote Link to comment
+IslandsAndOcean Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Indeed, the event is this weekend, on October 5, 2013. Sorry for the typo, and for catching it! The callsign for HAM users will be KL7NWR. Call in! Quote Link to comment
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