Installed on a yacht competing in the 2022/23 Ocean Race around the world is an Imaging FlowCytobot that takes 30K high-res images of phytoplankton per hour. Optical Oceanographer Ali Chase is using this vessel of opportunity to advance studies of phytoplankton group distributions across ocean basins. (links to YouTube)

Principal Quantitative Ecologist Eric Regehr is interviewed in Episode 6 of the BBC Earth series. Filmed over the course of several years, his research on the polar bear population of Wrangle Island is presented in Episode 2: Frozen Oceans.

A modern and safe modular floating dock is now installed under the University Bridge to replace the 70-year-old steel and foam structure. As supporting infrastructure to the APL-UW research vessel fleet, the dock is critical to the Lab's design to deployment philosophy. (links to YouTube)

Autonomous driving in all terrains and weather conditions at a vehicle's mechanical systems limits is being field tested by a collaborative team of Laboratory and University engineers. (links to YouTube)

Scholarship, discovery, innovation, and application. Video highlights of APL-UW research, education, and community activities during the past year. (apl-uw YouTube channel)

The report is organized to showcase high-impact discoveries reported to the community and our scientists', engineers', and students' extraordinary abilities to conceive, design, and execute experiments in the field over the past year.