One scientist’s life’s work has given us a unique biography of a dwindling Arctic bird colony

George Divoky has tracked the life — and decline — of one population of black guillemots in Alaska's Arctic for decades.

By Dermot Cole September 24, 2018
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Since 1975, ornithologist George Divoky and his fellow researchers have monitored black guillemots on Cooper Island, off Alaska’s Arctic Coast near Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow).

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