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.