This collection features oral histories with NOAA staff who worked in marine and aviation operations, including hurricane hunters, ship captains, and researchers.
Hexacopter drone used to photograph Beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska. (Image credit: NOAA)
Dr. Eddie Bernard refers to himself as the “accidental tsunami guy.” In graduate school, a professor asked him to assist with a research project on tsunamis, and what followed was a 40-year career at NOAA.
Captain Maureen Kenny knows what it’s like to be a “first” at NOAA. She joined the NOAA Corps after college in 1975 and was one of the few female commissioned officers at the time.
Dr. James “Doc” McFadden was a dedicated public servant who, over the course of his 57 year career, immeasurably influenced the evolution of airborne data collection at NOAA.