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Summer Intern Podcasts
In the summer of 2009, the National Park Service sponsored three Youth Conservation Corps interns at the Pratt Museum. After a summer of interpreting exhibits, exploring the museum collection, and helping to maintain various museum exhibts, two of our interns produced podcasts about a museum exhibit they really enjoyed. Listen to their experiences below.

Octopus Podcast
Brown Bear Podcast

Watch brown bears live on the Pratt's BearCam! Summer 2010 brooks
Transport yourself to remote Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park, a favorite spot of Alaska's brown bears. From the Pratt Museum we control this live camera at a remote bear sanctuary across Cook Inlet from Homer. Join Pratt staff and a ranger from Lake Clark National Park as we encounter the bears of Brooks Camp. We'll be back LIVE in Summer 2010! You can watch some example footage of bears at McNeil River here.

Gull Island Remote Camera! Summer 2010 Cormorant
Pratt Museum's Gull Island remote video camera brings you "eyeball to eyeball" with Alaskan seabirds. Gulls, kittywakes, horned puffins, red-faced cormorants and murres are some of the birds commonly seen. Museum visitors can watch these animals in their natural habitat without disturbing them by controlling the camera from the comfort of the Museum. The action is live and the images are sharp and colorful. It's almost like being there. Check out some example footage here.

Kachemak Bay: An Exploration of People and Place

Kachemak Bay is a place of magical wonder. As the first phase of the Museum's Master Exhibit Plan, the visitor is taken on a journey beyond the Museum walls to the historic and contemporary life around Kachemak Bay. Through means of community-based videos, photo essays, computer interactives, and remote video technology, these new exhibits and programs promote education and spark passionate interest in where we live.

Sperm Whale Project

Hanging the sperm whale skeleton in Homer High School In 1988, the carcass of a sperm whale washed ashore on East Chugach Island about 40 miles south of Homer, Alaska. Using the salvaged skeletal remains as an inspirational focus, the Pratt Museum developed a unique community-based marine science education program in close partnership with Homer High School. This online exhibit highlights what happened to that 41-foot whale skeleton: research, documentation, preservation, articulation, exhibition, and interpretation.

Darkened Waters

Pool of oil and measuring tool On March 24, 1989, the supertanker T/V Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef, spilling an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska. In hours, the incident became the largest spill ever in the United States and ultimately perhaps the most destructive accidental spill in the world. Transported by winds and currents, the oil spread rapidly through the western part of Prince William Sound, with portions then moving into the Gulf of Alaska, and down the Peninsula past Kodiak Island.

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	Online Exhibits Summer Intern Podcasts In the summer of 2009, the National Park Service sponsored three Youth Conservation Corps interns at the Pratt Museum. After a summer of interpreting exhibits, exploring the museum collection, and helping to maintain various museum exhibts, two of our interns produced podcasts about a museum exhibit they really enjoyed. Listen to their experiences below. Octopus Podcast Brown Bear Podcast Watch brown bears live on the Pratt's BearCam! Summer 2010 Transport yourself to remote Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park, a favorite spot of Alaska's brown bears. From the Pratt Museum we control this live camera at a remote bear sanctuary across Cook Inlet from Homer. Join Pratt staff and a ranger from Lake Clark National Park as we encounter the bears of Brooks Camp. We'll be back LIVE in Summer 2010! You can watch some example footage of bears at McNeil River here. Gull Island Remote Camera! Summer 2010 Pratt Museum's Gull Island remote video camera brings you "eyeball to eyeball" with Alaskan seabirds. Gulls, kittywakes, horned puffins, red-faced cormorants and murres are some of the birds commonly seen. Museum visitors can watch these animals in their natural habitat without disturbing them by controlling the camera from the comfort of the Museum. The action is live and the images are sharp and colorful. It's almost like being there. Check out some example footage here. Kachemak Bay: An Exploration of People and Place Kachemak Bay is a place of magical wonder. As the first phase of the Museum's Master Exhibit Plan, the visitor is taken on a journey beyond the Museum walls to the historic and contemporary life around Kachemak Bay. Through means of community-based videos, photo essays, computer interactives, and remote video technology, these new exhibits and programs promote education and spark passionate interest in where we live. Sperm Whale Project In 1988, the carcass of a sperm whale washed ashore on East Chugach Island about 40 miles south of Homer, Alaska. Using the salvaged skeletal remains as an inspirational focus, the Pratt Museum developed a unique community-based marine science education program in close partnership with Homer High School. This online exhibit highlights what happened to that 41-foot whale skeleton: research, documentation, preservation, articulation, exhibition, and interpretation. Darkened Waters On March 24, 1989, the supertanker T/V Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef, spilling an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil into the pristine waters of Prince William Sound, Alaska. In hours, the incident became the largest spill ever in the United States and ultimately perhaps the most destructive accidental spill in the world. Transported by winds and currents, the oil spread rapidly through the western part of Prince William Sound, with portions then moving into the Gulf of Alaska, and down the Peninsula past Kodiak Island.