Wednesday Science Night for January 25th presents: 7:00 PM
Nature – “Fortress of the Bears” Part of the massive Tongass
National Forest, Admiralty Island in southeast Alaska supports
the largest concentration of bears anywhere in the world.
Sustained by a wealth of salmon streams, isolated and protected
by their environment, some 1,700 Alaskan brown bears are part of
a unique circle of life that has played out here for centuries.
Beginning in August, millions of salmon — pink and chum, coho
and sockeye — return to the island to spawn, providing a feast
for the bears, eagles, orcas, sea lions and even the trees
themselves. As long as the salmon continue to arrive, all is
well. But this year, for the first time, the salmon fail to
arrive and the bears get a bitter taste of what the future may
hold. 8:00 PM NOVA – “Mystery of a Masterpiece” In October 2009,
a striking portrait of a young woman in Renaissance dress made
world news headlines. Originally sold two years before for
around $20,000, the portrait is now