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Barrow Canyon: Ecosystem at the Top of the World
Kate Stafford
Oceanographer, the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
Kate Stafford Oceanographer, the University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory
Each spring, more than 15,000 bowhead whales – and many more belugas –move from the Chukchi Sea to the Beaufort Sea through the canal-like deep water of the Barrow Canyon. University of Washington oceanographer Kate Stafford listens to the underwater cacophony.