Alcoa′s EagleCam Soars to Top Among 25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2012
Alcoa′s EagleCam,
located on Alcoa (NYSE:AA) property at its Davenport (Iowa) Works
facility, has been named one of the Top
25 most interesting webcams of 2012 by EarthCam.com.
The Alcoa EagleCam is perched above a nest home to a pair of bald eagles
named Liberty and Justice.
In 2012, the camera was visited more than 12 million times by people
from more than 80 countries. 'This award recognizes the impact our
webcam is having around the world,? said Rob Woodall, Director of
Manufacturing at Alcoa's Davenport Works. 'The camera helps educate
people on the resurgence eagles are having in this part of the country
and highlights our work to protect the environment here in Iowa and
everywhere Alcoa operates.?
Alcoa′s EagleCam first went online in early 2011. Since then, Liberty
and Justice have produced two sets of eaglets. In 2011 the pair raised a
single eaglet in the nest and in 2012 the pair successfully fledged
three eaglets. The eaglet fledged in 2011 was named Freedom in an online
vote and the three from 2012 were named Faith, Hope and Spirit following
a poll where more than 200,000 votes were cast. The pair is expected to
lay eggs for 2013 around the second or third week in February and the
eggs should hatch in late March.
This is the 14th year EarthCam has named its top 25 list of
most interesting webcams. Other webcams named to the list for 2012
included the space jump by Felix Baumgartner (from 128,000 feet above
earth), the Costa Concordia Recovery Cam in Italy and the Rockaway Beach
Cam in New York. Judges for this year′s competition included TV
producers, bloggers and Jim Cantore (meteorologist and storm tracker)
from The Weather Channel.
For more information, visit www.alcoa.com/eaglecam
and follow hashtag #alcoaeaglecam on Twitter.
About Alcoa
Alcoa is the world′s leading producer of primary and fabricated
aluminum, as well as the world′s largest miner of bauxite and refiner of
alumina. In addition to inventing the modern-day aluminum industry,
Alcoa innovation has been behind major milestones in the aerospace,
automotive, packaging, building and construction, commercial
transportation, consumer electronics and industrial markets over the
past 125 years. Among the solutions Alcoa markets are flat-rolled
products, hard alloy extrusions, and forgings, as well as Alcoa ? wheels,
fastening systems, precision and investment castings, and building
systems in addition to its expertise in other light metals such as
titanium and nickel-based super alloys. Sustainability is an integral
part of Alcoa′s operating practices and the product design and
engineering it provides to customers. Alcoa has been a member of the Dow
Jones Sustainability Index for 11 consecutive years and approximately 75
percent of all of the aluminum ever produced since 1888 is still in
active use today. Alcoa employs approximately 61,000 people in 30
countries across the world. For more information, visit www.alcoa.com
and follow @Alcoa on Twitter
at twitter.com/Alcoa.
Alcoa
Media Contact
Christa Bowers, 212-836-2605
christa.bowers@alcoa.com
