Remote Camera Project at Round Island
Walrus Island State Game Sanctuary, Alaska

Thank you to all of the people who have tried to view this feed in the past. We have been experiencing some technical difficulties that have limited the experience of this streaming video feed. Many of the issues have been resolved, and we hope that you enjoy your time spent on our site. - ASLC.

The Round Island Walrus feed has a limited viewing time from 12 - 4pm Alaska time. This is due to power issues with the cameras out on the island.

Repairs are being made to the cameras on the island today due to environment conditions, so no feed will be available. Please check again later.

View Live Video From Round Island Here!

Monitoring population levels and conducting research on Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) is difficult due to their pelagic habits and the remote locations of their haulout sites. Monitoring the use of their terrestrial haulouts can provide an index to population changes; however, due to large fluctuations in haulout use, near constant monitoring is required to account for variability. Using onsite personnel to provide this level of constant monitoring is time-intensive and expensive resulting in an incomplete picture of the use of haulouts.

Efforts to promote education and conservation programs on a little understood species, or a species rarely encountered by the general public, are usually much more effective when the species is more accessible to public viewing. In North America, the Pacific walrus only inhabits the remote areas of the Bering and Chukchi seas. Therefore, only those people that live in remote villages in this region and the few visitors that venture to the isolated haulouts are privileged enough to observe walrus firsthand.

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