Listening Session on Bering Strait Incident Response

As seasonal sea ice diminishes and vessel traffic increases, the Bering Strait region’s natural resources, habitat, and people are at greater risk from potential oil spills or other accidents.

Please join the Alaska Ocean Observing System to learn more about the interactive, web-based tool being developed for both US and Russian planners and responders for emergency incidents in the transboundary Bering Strait region.

This session is open to the public. The organizers will provide background information on why they are developing the tool and give a demonstration of the tool so far. In this session we hope to hear feedback on what users and community members would like to see in the tool.