The Grebmeier 1917469 team, as part of the Distributed Biological Observatory annual cruise, hosted an open house aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Ship, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, off the coast of Utqiaġvik on July 26th. The open house included members of the Utqiaġvik community and representatives of the North Slope Borough, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, and Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission. The Canadian and US cruise participants disembarked the vessel via helicopter on July 27th. Five US participants, PI Jackie Grebmeier, co-PI Lee Cooper, Mark Rauzon, Brian Marx, and Nicholas Silverson stayed in Utqiaġvik and recorded an Arctic Science Session podcast with Battelle ARO Science Liaison, Lloyd Pikok Jr., before departing on July 28th.