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Museum lecture to explore life after Kasatochi Volcano eruption

March 14, 2017

Theresa Bakker

University of Alaska Museum of the North curator Derek Sikes will describe the ongoing return of life to Kasatochi Island at this month's Museum Discovery Series lecture.
University of Alaska Museum of the North curator Derek Sikes will describe the ongoing return of life to Kasatochi Island at this month's Museum Discovery Series lecture.


The University of Alaska Museum of the North has planned a new series of presentations for the spring semester. The Museum Discovery Series features a different curator each month unveiling new discoveries based on research in the museum’s collections. The presentations will be held in the museum auditorium on Thursdays at noon and are free and open to the public.

This year’s series includes the following presentations:

March 23, “The Ongoing Return of Life to Kasatochi Volcano,” by Derek Sikes.

April 20, “Worth a Thousand Words: Preserving Alaska’s Visual History,” by Leonard Kamerling.

This series is coordinated and sponsored by the University of Alaska Museum of the North. For more information, call 907-474-7505 or visit the museum’s website at www.uaf.edu/museum.