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The Ketchikan National Ocean Sciences Bowl team simulated their competition style for the more than 75 people who attended a public event at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center on Thursday
NOAA awards contract for Ketchikan facility, paving way for research vessel to tie up at home port Posted by Eric Stone | Apr 7, 2021 This undated photo shows the research vessel Fairweather. (NOAA photo) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says work will begin soon on a new office building and pier in Ketchikan. The agency says the project will allow it to bring the research ship Fairweather to its official home port in the southern panhandle. While the Fairweather spends much of its time at sea mapping the seafloor, studying fisheries and searching for shipwrecks in Alask...