The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska a grant to place several video cameras on nearby Gull Island in Kachemak Bay for the study of marine and coastal wildlife. These ‘electronic companions’ can be both controlled on-site and remotely from the museum and viewing stations. Visitors to the website can see six video clips including those taken by cameras in coastal bird colonies and underwater. Informative narration and text accompanies the film, which is seen via Real.