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Sailing To North Pole, Explorers Find More Ice Than Expected

By admin | September 21, 2017

Two men pose aboard a small boat, filled with gear, with a blue sky behind them.

A team of explorers and scientists returned to Nome last week after attempting to be the first to sail to the North Pole. The three-week expedition, called Arctic Mission, gathered scientific data about Arctic marine ecosystems, and went farther north by water than almost anyone had before.

Unalakleet “Fab Lab” the Only One of Its Kind across the School District

By Davis Hovey | October 31, 2016 |

Taught by Reid Tulloch, the Fab Lab class has resources like vinyl cutters, 3D printers and laser engravers available for students to use. Photo: Davis Hovey, KNOM (2016)

The Unalakleet Fab Lab allows students to work with vinyl cutters, laser engravers, and 3D printers. In Reid Tulloch’s second Fab Lab class of the day, one of the senior students, Genesis Blatchford is working on creating a 3D box using an instructional packet and a computer program.