The 'Wave Chasers' research team cruised the South Pacific to study the Samoan Passage — a 5500-m deep choke point that Antarctic bottom water must flow through on its way to the North Pacific. Three movies chronicle the expedition's motivations & methods, the fun of crushing objects under the pressures of the abyssal ocean, and the cultural exchanges with Samoans on Upolu Island.

Measurements returned from dozens and dozens of sensor-rich buoys deployed on the arctic sea ice have contributed to scientists' understanding of how ice thickness and volume have decreased dramatically over the past decade.

Follow scientists to sea where they assess the possible environmental impacts of generating electricity by tidal currents in Admiralty Inlet, in the December 2011 edition of UW | 360 tv.

The twenty-eleven APL-UW Biennial Report highlights the Laboratory's most recent research and education efforts, financial health, and publication and community outreach activities.

Polar research and technology are presented to thousands of visitors by APL-UW staff during the annual Polar Science Weekend at Seattle's Pacific Science Center. The event presents polar science through one-on-one, face-to-face interactions between visitors and scientists.

Freshening in the Canada Basin of the Arctic Ocean began in the 1990s. Was this because of sea ice or glaciers melting, or increased river runoff? In the 5 January 2012 issue of Nature, polar scientist Jamie Morison and co-authors report new insights based in part on Arctic-wide views from two satellite systems.