Arctic expedition

Professor Deborah Bronk and assistant research scientist Rachel Sipler are co-leading a VIMS research team on a month-long expedition to the coastal seas of northern Alaska.
Photo by K. Kenny
A research team from William & Mary’s Virginia Institute of Marine Science has embarked on a month-long expedition to the coastal seas of northern Alaska, sailing aboard the nation’s newest icebreaker to study the role of nitrogen in Arctic food webs.
This article was archived on December 31, 2025.