BSSD Sends Students to Hands-On STEM Camp
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Middle-school students from across the Bering Strait School District got hands-on experience at a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) camp last month.
Nome’s Rescued Walrus Calf Transitioning Away from SeaLife Center, Possibly in Near Future
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“Walrus calves typically spend one to two years with Mom, learning to be a walrus, and we can’t possibly replicate that,” Dr. Carrie Goertz with SeaLife said of Aku, the young 180-pound walrus calf being cared for at the Center.