{"id":2887,"date":"2014-09-25T07:52:02","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T11:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.wordpress.com\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2014-09-25T07:52:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T11:52:02","slug":"lt-smith-shows-us-the-beauty-of-gambell-alaska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/lt-smith-shows-us-the-beauty-of-gambell-alaska\/","title":{"rendered":"Lt. Smith shows us the beauty of Gambell Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2889\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/gambell-ak-tim-smith-new-panorama-2-wemblem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2889 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/gambell-ak-tim-smith-new-panorama-2-wemblem.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Gambell panorama\" width=\"660\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Lt. Timothy Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThis summer, the Bering Sea Alliance hosted a private-public summit in Gambell, Alaska, to discuss Arctic resource development and infrastructure. (See page 10 in this edition of the <a title=\"Nome Nugget\" href=\"http:\/\/nomenugget.net\/archives\/2014\/8.21.14%20NN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nome Nugget<\/a> for a good summary of the meeting.) Lt. Tim Smith, NOAA Coast Survey&#8217;s regional manager for Alaska, updated the participants on the status of Arctic nautical charts and described NOAA&#8217;s <a title=\"Arctic Nautical Charting Plan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/mcd\/docs\/Arctic_Nautical_Charting_Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arctic Nautical Charting Plan<\/a>. He also outlined the preliminary 2015 survey plans to acquire hydrographic data around Point Hope, Point Barrow, Port Clarence, and Kotzebue Sound, as NOAA strives to ensure the navigational safety of the increasing ship traffic through Arctic waters.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nIn addition to his role as navigation manager and <a title=\"NOAA Corps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.noaacorps.noaa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOAA Corps<\/a> officer, Lt. Smith is one of NOAA&#8217;s best photographers. His photos of the area around Gambell are better than words in conveying the beauty of this remote area of Alaska.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5879\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/gambell-ak-2-tim-smith-wemblem1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5879 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/gambell-ak-2-tim-smith-wemblem1.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Gambell AK 2 - Tim Smith - wEmblem\" width=\"660\" height=\"714\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Lt. Timothy Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nWith the photo below, Tim reminds us that black and white photos can sometimes reveal more than full color.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2890\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/gambell-ak-tim-smith-wemblem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2890 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/noaacoastsurvey.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/gambell-ak-tim-smith-wemblem.jpg?w=660\" alt=\"Gambell AK - Tim Smith wEmblem\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Lt. Timothy Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos showing the beauty of Alaska are an additional benefit when Lt. Tim Smith meets with local communities on NOAA hydrographic issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[109],"class_list":["post-2887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scenery","tag-alaska"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nauticalcharts.noaa.gov\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}