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Alaska compared to east coast

Alaska compared to east coast. Frankfurt. Kiev. 4,700. Moscow. 4,500. 4,300. 4,100. China. Russia. Beijing. North. Pole. 3,900. Washington, DC. Seoul. 3,800. 3,400. Canada. Tokyo. 3,400. 2,500. Anchorage. Mesa. 2,300. Los Angeles. 2,700. 3,600. 2,700. Hawaii.

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Alaska compared to east coast

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  1. Alaska compared to east coast

  2. Frankfurt Kiev 4,700 Moscow 4,500 4,300 4,100 China Russia Beijing North Pole 3,900 Washington, DC Seoul 3,800 3,400 Canada Tokyo 3,400 2,500 Anchorage Mesa 2,300 Los Angeles 2,700 3,600 2,700 Hawaii Strategic Location

  3. Cook Inlet Conditions • High tidal range - over 34 feet • Tidal currents to 5+ knots • Pan ice several months of the year • Silt laden waters require periodic dredging

  4. Anchorage PORTS

  5. PORTS – water levels

  6. Stryker Brigade • Requires strategic transfers from road or rail to water • Must be rapid, efficient, and secure • Introduced large, high-speed catamarans and transport vessels for sealift deployment to the theater

  7. Ferries as “ships of opportunity”

  8. Figure 7. M/V Tustumena route across the Alaska Coastal Current and in Prince William Sound. Surface temperature, salinity, nitrate, transmittance, fluorescence and dissolved organic matter Credit: Cokelet et al. proposal

  9. Continuous Plankton Recorder sampling Sonia Batten - Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean ScienceDavid Welch – Pacific Biological Station EVOS NPRB (red shows current transects, orange the transect that was sampled between 1997 and 2003. Blue line is 1000m isobath) Credit: Batten

  10. Commercial fishing vessels

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