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ShoreZone Mapping for the Alaska Coastline
ShoreZone takes a close-up inventory of the biology and geology of North America’s Pacific coast from Oregon to Alaska and in-between. People use the coastal data, imagery, and... -
Ecological Atlas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas
The Ecological Atlas of the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas provides a description of the natural history and ecological relationships in the Arctic marine environment. This... -
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Planning Areas
This data set contains BOEM Planning Area outlines in ESRI shapefile format for the BOEM Alaska Region. The Submerged Lands Act (SLA) boundary, along with the Continental Shelf... -
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Blocks
This data set contains OCS block outlines in ArcGIS shapefile format for the BOEM Alaska Region. OCS blocks are used to define small geographic areas within an Official... -
Alaska Lease Areas
This data set contains the outlines for active federal oil and gas leases in the Alaska OCS Region through sale 193. They represent a close approximation, but might not be the... -
Alaska Limit of "8(g) Zone"
This data set contains the Limit of "8(g) Zone" boundary in ESRI shapefile format for the BOEM Alaska Region. The "8(g) Zone" lies between the Submerged Lands Act (SLA) boundary... -
Subsistence Mapping of Nuiqsut, Kaktovik and Barrow
The primary goal of this study was to provide current subsistence data to inform future Environmental Assessment (EA) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) analyses regarding... -
Alaska 2012-2017 Program Areas
A Five Year Program consists of a schedule of oil and gas lease sales indicating the size, timing, and location of proposed leasing activity the Secretary determines will best... -
GIS Data for Kuparuk River Basin Region of North Slope
This data set includes ArcInfo-formatted maps of the Kuparuk River Basin Region of the Alaskan North Slope (at 1:250,000 scale) and five subset study areas: the Upper Kuparuk... -
NSIDC Permafrost Resources
Various maps that provide a visual perspective of Arctic permafrost, soil conditions, and frozen ground extent. -
Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Wells
Surface Locations of Boreholes drilled for exploration or oil and gas production. Dataset is maintained by Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Please note: older well locations... -
Hanna Shoal Regional Study Area
This data displays a core outline of the Hanna Shoal Ecosystem Study area. -
BOEM GIS Data and Alaska Official Protraction Diagram Outlines
The Mapping & Boundary Branch performs mathematical offshore boundary location computations and prepares Official Protraction Diagrams (OPDs), and Supplemental Official OCS... -
Tracking Polar Bears by Satellite
Movements of 9 satellite-collared adult female polar bears were tracked in February, 2010 by satellite telemetry. Bears were collared in 2007, 2008, and 2009 on the spring-time... -
NPRA - Current, Relinquished, and Expired Tracts
This map product depicts the status of various lease tracts within the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska. -
Physical Oceanography of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
These websites present information related to water circulation in the Chukchi Sea. Currents, water velocity, temperature, salinity, wind, sea ice, and seasonal variation are... -
Subsistence Harvest Sites in the Western Arctic
This map depicts harvest sites for all subsistence resources in the western arctic between 1987 and 1990. -
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Species Trends
The site provides CAFF working group products on species trend including: 1) Murre trends- changes in murre populations since 1975, changes at murre colonies 2) Greening-... -
Global Tundra Vegetation Change
These data were collected in conjunction with two International Polar Year (IPY) synthesis projects, looking at 1. Vegetation responses to warming in sites worldwide and 2.... -
Arctic Report Card
The Arctic Report Card (www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/) considers a wide range of environmental observations throughout the Arctic, and is updated annually. A major conclusion...
