Events

Alaska Ocean Festival 2009

Music

•   All day starting at noon and ending at 10:00pm

Keynote Address

• Tim Richardson of the American Land Conservancy will give a talk: Passion Shift - Why Ocean Conservation Demands a Rhetorical Upgrade
  

Run for the Waves

• 5K Fun Run at 2:00pm

Marine Treasure Hunt

Bucking Salmon

Shrimp Peel-Off

• Go up against local and national celebrities to see how many shrimp you can peel in 3-minutes. Open to 20 people $10 entry fee (You get to keep your shrimp!! Storage available on site).  Register at the info booth.

REI Sea Kayak Raffle

• $10 ticket or 3 for $25 - drawing at 7pm

Film Tent

• 16 films shown throughout the day and 4 speakers.  Check out the schedule.
  

Climbing Wall

Local artists, vendors, conservation groups and more

Water World REI Kayak Demo Pool - 25,000 gallon pool

Moose's Tooth Beer Garden

Run for the Waves

Where: Park Strip to Westchester Lagoon, then along the Coastal Trail out and back past Elderberry Park and back to the Park Strip via Bootlegger’s Cove. (see map) 

Registration:
Register online here or Click here for mail-in registration (405.8 KB PDF)

Postmarked or hand deliver before May 28th to 807 G. Street, Anchorage, AK 99501

Noon-1:45pm at the Race Info Booth - West End of the Park Strip

$25.00 per racer; ($35 on race day)

All racers receive Alaska Ocean Festival T-shirts

• Top three racers overall for Men and Women

• 1st place men and women in the following age groups:

For 5k race information contact Brij at 250-0132

Marine Treasure Hunt

The 6th annual Alaska Ocean Festival brings together a wide spectrum of marine organizations to celebrate, inspire, and educate around the theme of our Alaska ocean resources. The Marine Treasure Hunt is vital part of our educational outreach efforts particularly toward youth and their families.

More than thirty “hands on” educational booths are set up through out the festival grounds. As kids pick up a starfish for the first time or learn about salmon spawning habits, we seek to inspire a true appreciation of the Alaska ocean that laps at our shores right here in Anchorage.

The Marine Treasure Hunt serves as an incredibly successful vehicle to attract children and families to learn as much as they can about our marine world. Festival attendees are given treasure maps which direct them to participating educational booths located amid the art and food vendors. At each educational booth, children seek the answer to a question listed on their map which corresponds with that exhibit. At each location, participant’s maps receive a stamp once they’ve correctly answered the ocean question and thus move on seeking answers to these questions until every education booth is visited.

Once maps are completed they are handed in for small prizes and also entered into several larger drawings of gift packs from participating sponsors. The Marine Treasure Hunt seeks to provide hands on ocean educational experiences which inspire participants and thus lead to a greater respect for our fragile oceans which are such a critical part of the tapestry of life here in south central Alaska.