Media Advisory Redoubt Volcano Activity Updates: Audio Bridge Added Alaska Volcano Observatory will offer an audio bridge for journalists who want to join daily news-media briefings at 1:00 PM AKST remotely. AVO will host briefings at the USGS Alaska Science Center in the Glenn Olds Hall Conference Room. This is the only time AVO staff will be available for interviews each day. If an eruption occurs, information concerning another press conference will be released. Activity at Mount Redoubt Volcano, 106 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, has increased over the last week and an eruption is possible within days to weeks —no eruption has yet occurred. Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) are monitoring events round-the-clock. Who: Alaska Volcano Observatory scientists What: AVO Redoubt Volcano activity update When: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM AKST, Daily until otherwise noted. Beginning Saturday, January 31, 2009. Where: USGS Alaska Science Center Glenn Olds Hall Glenn Olds Conference Room 4210 University Drive Anchorage, AK 99508 Audio Bridge Number: 877-953-4172 Participant Passcode: 8654249 # AVO’s website (http://www.avo.alaska.edu) contains extensive information about present and past volcanic activity in Alaska and is increasingly popular as a destination for real-time data about Alaska’s restless volcanoes. The Alaska Volcano Observatory is a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys. USGS provides science for a changing world. For more information, visit www.usgs.gov. **** www.usgs.gov **** |
