AUGUST 27, 2015 -- From August 24–26, 2015, the Office of Response and Restoration conducted its Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique (SCAT) training in the Arctic for the very first time. The training took place at the Alaska Clean Seas facility in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

Participants were from local oil industry companies, Alaska state agencies, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Coast Guard. Class field exercises were conducted on the Beaufort Sea coast and along the shorelines of the Sagavanirktok River.

The students were enthusiastic about learning and appreciated the extra efforts by the NOAA instructors to customize the course with an Arctic focus.

Read about OR&R scientists Catherine Berg's and Sarah Allan's recent efforts to plan for oil spill response along Alaska's Northwest Arctic shores.

For more information, contact Catherine Berg.
 

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