SoundHAB: Opportunity to receive support from citizen scientists this summer between Seattle WA and Ketchikan AK

[Krembs, Christopher (ECY)]

Dear colleagues,
I got a telephone call by Gregg Treinish <gregg at adventurescience.org<mailto:gregg at adventurescience.org>> informing me that there will be three cruises with Kayaks between Seattle and Ketchikan. Participants are interested in supporting scientific efforts and carry a limited set of sensors/samples with them.
If you are interested please read below.
Christopher Krembs

 http://t2can.wordpress.com/where-are-we-going/

Expedition 1

Summary of Project (Just a Paragraph or two)
This June I will be kayaking from Seattle to Ketchikan Alaska with a partner. I am a high school biology and ecology teacher and it would be great if we could assist a researcher if possible along the way. The trip will take around 7.5 weeks and we will be camping as we go. We have a blog so that my students, friends and family can follow along and learn about the wilderness areas we will be traveling through. Please contact me if you have any questions. You can check the blog for details about our trip this summer. We launch on June 24th and will arrive in Alaska the first week of August. Project Location Inside passage between Seattle and South East Alaska.

Expedition Dates
June 24th - August 13th
How long do you expect to take?
7.5 weeks.

What Environments will you travel through (desert, alpine, etc) NW inside passage. Pacific Northwest Marine estuaries.

Team Members (Include Very Brief Bios) Tracy Landboe - Science teacher, water women, mom. See the blog for details. Traci Cole - Web manager for the Seattle Art Museum, water women, mom. - see bio on the blog for details. Will You Be Blogging while on the Expedition? What scientific background do you have (if any)?Master in Teaching for Science. Biology, Ecology, Geology, Marine biology - High School Teacher.
Do you have any writing/filming experience? (Where?)
Web design - Traci is a professional tech.
Have you worked with ASC before? No

Expedition 2

Is going to kayak through Puget sound - deception pass - san Juan island- Vancouver island - Georgia straight - texada island- mainland canada across desolation sound - coast of vancouver island- Cape Caution- Calvert Island- hunter island - bella bella (waglisla) - princess royal channel - pitt island - Grenville Channel - Porcher Island - Prince Rupert - AK- revillagigedo- ketchikan - cleveland penninsula -clarence straight - rainbow island - mitcoff island - petersberg - terror wilderness - juneau - skegway
All by Kayak, They leave today!

Expedition 3
Project Summary --

With the debris from the historic 2011 Tohoku earthquake reaching the Pacific Northwest coast ahead of its projected schedule, we are putting together a team of skilled sea-kayakers to document the debris as it begins to come ashore along the remote and roadless Washington coast. Our target area is the approximately 60 miles of pristine Olympic coastline starting from the village of Neah Bay in the north to Ruby Beach in the south, including a variety of coastal islands and sea stacks. Although portions of this area are accessible and frequented by hikers, our small maneuverable kayaks will afford us the opportunity to survey many beaches that are difficult to reach on foot. Our team is composed of three experienced professional guides, each having a multi-year resume including multiple trips and expeditions to remote coastal environments. The Olympic coast is an area with which each of us is familiar and we have previously done other extended trips along this wild and scenic stretch of shoreline. Pollution, specifically plastic and other floating debris, is a very real threat to untouched places like this one and we would like to be a part of better understanding and remediating the problem. Ikkatsu is a Japanese word that means "united as one," which is a concept that the tsunami debris illustrates in a powerful way. We are hopeful that our expedition will be of interest to a scientist or advisory board who can provide us with meaningful survey methods that can be used to further research and understanding of ocean currents and the problems posed by floating pollution.


Project Location               Washington outer coast
Expedition Dates              8/1/2012 - 8/142012
How long do you expect to take?             2 weeks
What Environments will you travel through (desert, alpine, etc)                pacific northern coasts
Team Members (Include Very Brief Bios)              Ken Campbell is a paddle sports instructor with 20 years of experience leading tours and expeditions in Washington, California, British Columbia and Newfoundland. In addition to authoring several books on Pacific Northwest kayaking, he is a long-time presenter at symposia and clinics throughout the region. A current board member of the South Sound chapter of the Surfrider Foundation and a former board member of the Washington Water Trails Association, he makes his home in Tacoma, and is a frequent contributor to print and online magazines on subjects relating to the outdoors and the environment. Steve Weileman a wilderness guide with 12 years of experience has recently published his first book, The Forgotten Shore: A Photographic Journey through Alaska's Snug Harbor Cannery. Working for such companies as REI Adventures, he has led clients through the remote reaches of Alaska, British Columbia, and Newfoundland as well as his home waters of Washington. Recently Steve has branched out and started to product short documentary films of his adventures. Jason Goldstein has been a kayak instructor and guide for over 13 years. His career began instructing white water kayaking in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he completed a Bachelors in Outdoor Recreation Management at Lincoln University. Jason has since settled in the Puget Sound, a Mecca for sea kayaking and gateway to the Pacific Northwest coastal wilderness. He has taught and guided for many outdoor pursuit organizations in the region as well as owner/operator of Global Adventure Guides - a kayak business offering trips in both the Pacific Northwest and South Pacific. When not paddling Kiwi is a professional cartographer and GPS specialist.




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