Image Gallery:
"Gulf of Alaska"

Thanks to Howard Freeland, the Head of the Ocean Science and Productivity Division, Institute of Ocean Sciences, for this image. 

Mr. Freeland tells us why and how he created the image: 

"I needed a good background map of the Gulf of Alaska.  To create this one I abstracted data from the ETOPO5 database for use in Surfer.  ETOPO5 is a global digitization of the land heights and ocean depths on a grid of resolution 5 minutes latitude by 5 minutes longitude.  I then contoured the height and depth data and coloured it with, I hope, some sensitivity.  This allows me to create a useful template map for any diagrams I want to create."

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