Kodiak, AK 2018
We spent three months in Kodiak, Alaska working by day and adventuring by night!
Kodiak
The past meets the present at the Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak's Alaska Native culture center where visitors explore 7,500 years of Alutiiq heritage. See ancient artifacts, discover history, and learn how traditions continue.
Old WWII ship BROUGHT ON LAND and used as a building- Kodiak, Alaska
Recommended Alaska WWII Books
Complete Guide to World War II's Forgotten War: The Aleutian Campaign in Alaska and North Pacific Against Japan -
The Capture of Attu: A World War II Battle as Told by the Men Who Fought There
Alaska at War, 1941-1945: The Forgotten War Remembered
The Aleutian Warriors: A History of the 11th Air Force & Fleet Air Wing 4, Part 1
Soldiers of the Mist: Minutemen of the Alaska Frontier
This WWII ship was brought on land after Kodiak, AK was destroyed by a massive tsunami in 1964.
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America's Wildest Places - Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
Misty fjords, deep glacial valleys, and lofty mountains distinguish the 1.9 million-acre Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. Kodiak is the Island of the Great Bear, the Kodiak brown bear that inhabits this wild, rugged Archipelago in the Gulf of Alaska, 252 miles south-west of Anchorage.
Today, the refuge has a global conservation role - to instil regard for bears, salmon, and other wildlife within the largest intact, pristine island ecosystem. Kodiak's diverse habitats encompass 117 salmon-bearing streams, 16 lakes, riparian wetlands, grasslands, shrub lands, spruce forest, tundra, and alpine meadows. Collectively these habitats sustain 3,000 bears, account for up to 30 million salmon caught by the Kodiak-based fishing fleet, support more than 400 breeding pairs of bald eagles, and provide essential migration and breeding habitat for another 250 species of fish, birds and mammals. Such natural abundance and spectacular scenery attracts thousands of visitors to the refuge annually.
WILDLIFE & HABITAT
Refuge terrain is mostly mountainous dissected by fiords and deep river valleys carved by ancient glaciers. Diverse refuge wildlands, ranging from Sitka spruce forest on Afognak Island to rolling tundra on the Aliulik Peninsula, help sustain brown bears, bald eagles, Sitka-black tailed deer, red fox, river otter, ermine, tundra vole, and little brown bats along with other wildlife.
Kodiak brown bears are a distinct subspecies from mainland brown bears; they have been isolated on the archipelago since the last ice age, about 12,000 years ago. A rich variety of vegetation, salmon, and berries provide ideal habitat for bears, and their population flourishes - estimated at about 3,000 bears within the boundaries of the Kodiak Refuge.
TRAVEL & TOURISM
Kodiak Refuge offers superb recreational opportunities—an ideal destination for wildlife viewing, hunting, hiking, kayaking, fishing, camping, and other types of outdoor adventures.
If you enjoy getting outdoors and looking for wildlife, Kodiak provides incredible opportunities for viewers and photographers! From birding to bear watching, visitors come from all over the world to enjoy observing species in their wild habitat.
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge offers a number of environmental education programs for a variety of audiences. Is your school, youth, environmental or other group interested in learning more about the wildlife, plants, habitats and ecology of Kodiak? Contact or visit the refuge Visitor Center to check on program availability and reservation policies.
Popular fishing destinations such as the Karluk, Uganik, and Ayakulik Rivers offer world-class fishing opportunities for salmon, steelhead, and rainbow trout. Hunting is a popular activity on the refuge. As practiced on refuges, hunting, trapping and fishing do not pose a threat to wildlife populations, and in some instances are necessary for sound wildlife management.
The Kodiak Refuge Visitor Center is located at 402 Center Ave, Kodiak.
Getting there:
Visiting Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge can be the experience of a lifetime! Getting to the refuge is not as simple as jumping into a car or strapping on a pair of hiking boots. The refuge covers 1.9 million acres on Kodiak, Uganik, Ban, and Afognak islands, areas only accessible by floatplane or boat.
Before departing for a trip into the Refuge, visitors typically reach the island of Kodiak by air from Anchorage. Listings for lodging, tours, air charters and outfitters are available through the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce at (907) 486-7605.
For questions about recreation, please contact the Refuge Visitor Center at 907-487-2626
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Coast Guard medevacs two injured men off cargo ship 220 southeast of Kodiak, Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevacs two injured crewmen from the 728-foot cargo ship Cemtex Venture approximately 220 miles southeast of Kodiak, Feb. 9, 2016. The Jayhawk crew safely hoisted the men accompanied by an HC-130 Hercules aircrew for cover, and rendezvoused with emergency medical services personnel in Kodiak where one patient was transferred by LifeMed to Anchorage and the other to Kodiak Providence Hospital.
History and Heritage of Naval Aviation: HH-3F Pelican
Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak is one of seven communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline. The population was 6,130 as of the 2010 census.
Originally inhabited by Alutiiq natives for over 7000 years, the city was settled in the 18th century by the subjects of the Russian crown and became the capital of Russian Alaska. Harvesting of the area's sea otter pelts led to the near extinction of the animal in the following century and led to wars with and enslavement of the natives for over 150 years. As part of the Alaska Purchase by the United States in 1867, Kodiak became a commercial fishing center which continues to this day. A lesser economic influence includes tourism, mainly by those seeking outdoor adventure trips. Salmon, halibut, the unique Kodiak bear, elk, Sitka deer, and mountain goats invite hunting tourists as well as fishermen to the Kodiak Archipelago. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game maintains an office in the city and a website to help hunters and fishermen obtain the proper permits and learn about the laws specific to the Kodiak area. The city has four public elementary schools, a middle and high school, as well as a branch of the University of Alaska. An antenna farm at the summit of Pillar Mountain above the city historically provided communication with the outside world before fiber optic cable was run. Transportation to and from the island is provided by ferry service on the Alaska Marine Highway as well as local commercial airlines.
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Alaska at War
The Alaska at War film project was an effort to document events of World War II in Alaska. It was funded by the Alaska Legislature through the Alaska Historical Commission and was supported by the Alaska Historical Society and private subscription. The production work was performed by aurora Films, assisted by a citizen's advisory committee. The production Alaska at War was first shown in public on Alaska Day, October 18th 1986.
This collection was deposited in the University of Alaska Anchorage, Archives and Special collections Department by the Alaska Historical Commission in 1987. Additional papers were presented to the archives by the Alaska Air Command Historian's Office in 1989; and by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, in 1990. The University of Alaska Anchorage offered these records to the Alaska State Archives July of 2010. Copyright to the production is retained by the State of Alaska. Reproduction of some photographs, oral history recordings, and film out takes requires the permission of the State of Alaska, Aurora Films, the interviewee, writer, or library of origin.
A special thanks goes to Damon Stuebner of the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections for his technical assistance.
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USCG Filipinos by Hunter Blair
This film utilizes interviews with Filipinos who served in the United States Coast Guard to tell the story of Filipino families who arrived in Kodiak with the military.
This film was shot and produced by 7th grader Hunter Blair as part of the Kodiak's Filipino Community Stories project, a collaborative effort between the Baranov Museum, the Filipino American Association of Kodiak, the Kodiak Island Borough School District, and Media Action.
This project was supported in part by a grant from the Alaska Humanities Forum and the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency. Any view, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Sea Monster in Alaska CAUGHT on Video by U S Government ?
From Nessie making an appearance in Alaska, to the Russian's finding something extremely unsettling, this is Crypto Fun Friday !
While most people have to go searching for the Loch Ness Monster, a vacationer was fortunate enough to be gazing at the Loch … when Nessie simply popped her head out of the water … at least that’s the story we heard. A 28-year-old woman was on the balcony of her holiday home at Loch Ness when she saw a mysterious ripple on the surface, followed by a ‘blue thing’ swimming across. She grabbed her phone and managed to snap a few pictures … but when she tried to zoom in, the object disappeared. The woman claimed it’s not often one sees a monster while on holiday … but did she really see one?
Here’s another potential sea monster that was caught on video … this time in Russia. What appeared to be a huge, serpent-like object in remote Lake Turgoyak (tur-goy-ak) has people making the Nessie tie-ins. A kayaker said he spotted the mysterious object causing ripples on one area of the lake’s surface. The video footage shows large black rings that conceivably resemble the coils of a snake. While the kayaker claims the object appeared to be around 15 meters long and serpentine … he also conceded the ripples could have been caused by divers training. But as it turns out, no dive teams were swimming deep in that area of the lake on that day. Aside from the obvious comparison to Nessie, we couldn’t find that many theories about what this snakelike thing might have been … Care to give it a go?
Some of the clearest pictures of the Loch Ness Monster appeared earlier in 2016 … if it really was the legendary Nessie. An amateur photographer named Ian Bremner snapped the pictures that show a dark creature with a long, serpentine body bobbing along the surface of Loch Ness. The animal is estimated at around 2 meters long appears to have a tail, and and has a silvery sheen on its skin. Many sceptics point out that the animal’s head could be a seal, and the picture merely shows three of them playing in the water. But Mr Bremner has his believers … and they say the images closely resemble the most sharply focused examples of Nessie yet found.
Accounts of a sea monster have been documented since the 1800s in Barmouth, Wales when footprints as big as an elephant’s were found on the beach. Subsequent accounts described the creature’s appearance as similar to a crocodile’s. WItnesses who claimed to see the creature in broad daylight in 1975 described it as having a square face with a long neck and tail, and flippers. Earlier in 2016, the first-ever photograph of the legendary beast possibly surfaced.
Have you ever heard of the Morag (mor-rag)? It’s a Scottish sea monster that makes its home in Loch Morar (mora) … about 70 miles from Loch Ness. Stories of the creature date back to 1887 … and this cryptid is something of a paradox. It’s been described as having a beautiful, mermaid-like visage … but it’s also described as a demonic character whose presence was considered to portend death. According to folklore, the Morag can appear like a black heap that slowly rises in the water and moves along like a waterlogged boat. But more recent accounts describe it as a humped, serpentine creature, more along the lines of Nessie. The best known sighting occurred in 1969, when two men accidentally struck the creature with their boat.
Let’s head back to Russia for this one … At remote Lake Labynkyr (la-bink-er) in Siberia, a mysterious dark creature is said to inhabit the deep, icy waters. It’s called the 'Labynkyr (la-bink-er) Devil’ … and the lake it inhabits is so secluded that no one lives within a 100 mile radius. Except for an adventurer named Andrey Solovyez, who’s keeping a vigil there.. He’s braving temperatures of -50 degrees Celsius because he’s convinced he has proof of the creature’s existence -- his fishing nets were torn and shredded by something too powerful to be a fish. Reports of a Nessie-type creature have persisted in the region since the 19th century. And according to some scientists, sonar readings do indicate that at least one huge creature might lurk under the surface. Sightings analyzed by experts conclude the creature is up to 10 meters long, with a massive jaw that has a beaklike appearance and lots of teeth. Theories include the creature being a prehistoric marine reptile such as an ichthyosaurs (itch-thee-o-sore) or plesiosaur. Another possibility is the creature being a relic killer whale that was somehow marooned in the lake. For now, scientists still have no explanation for what the kind of animal it might be.
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Remembering the Battle of Attu
Attu, Alaska's most distant island in the Aleutian chain, is both a National Wildlife Refuge and the site of the only land battle of World War II fought on North American soil. In May of 2018, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle.
Acknowledgements:
Interviews:
Joseph Sasser & Allan Serrol (NPS Collection),
Geneva Bright & Crystal Dushkin (KUCB),
Jeff Williams (USFWS)
Archival footage courtesy of National Archives, US Navy, and Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
Alan G. May Papers, Archives & Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska
MS-253-01-13, 21, & 03 Alaska State Library J. Malcolm Greany Photo Collection
Attu descendents footage courtesy Zoë Sobel/KUCB
Atka photo courtesy Sven Haakanson
Video by: Lisa Hupp/USFWS
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What was the Siege of Fort Abercrombie?
Learn more at colinmustful.com. Images from various sources including findagrave.com, Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Fargo History Project, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Map created by Curtis Dahlin. Information sourced from The Siege of Fort Abercrombie, Friends of Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site, and Wilkin County, Study Resource Guide US-Dakota War of 1862, Music sourced from Apple Loops.
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2009 - FWS 0209 - America's Wildest Places - Volume 4. From the Appalachian highlands of West Virginia... to the teeming shores of San Francisco ... to the wild backcountry of Alaska... America's Wildest Places/Volume 4 takes you from coast to coast... with a special appearance by President Theodore Roosevelt as your guide!
Anchorage museum at Rasmuson Center -8.13.2015.
625 C street,Anchorage,AK 99501(corner of 7th Avenue andC street)
Coast Guard aircrew challenges in Alaska
Alaska Coast Guard Recommended Books
• Coming Back Alive: The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
• Guarding Alaska: A Memoir of Coast Guard Missions on the Last Frontier
• The Last Run: A True Story of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska Seas
• Kodiak Hero: A True Story of Survival
• Bering Storms
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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States Armed Forces[12] and one of the country's seven uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the U.S. military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission (with jurisdiction in both domestic and international waters) and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of its mission set. It operates under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security during peacetime, and can be transferred to the U.S. Department of the Navy by the U.S. President at any time, or by the U.S. Congress during times of war. This has happened twice, in 1917, during World War I, and in 1941, during World War II.[6][8]
Created by Congress on 4 August 1790 at the request of Alexander Hamilton as the Revenue Marine, it is the oldest continuous seagoing service of the United States.[Note 2] As Secretary of the Treasury, Hamilton headed the Revenue Marine, whose original purpose was collecting customs duties in the nation's seaports. By the 1860s, the service was known as the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and the term Revenue Marine gradually fell into disuse.[13]
The modern Coast Guard was formed by a merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and the U.S. Life-Saving Service on 28 January 1915, under the U.S. Department of the Treasury. As one of the country's five armed services, the Coast Guard has been involved in every U.S. war from 1790 to the Iraq War[14] and the War in Afghanistan.[15] As of 2014 the Coast Guard had over 36,000 men and women on active duty, 7,350 reservists, 29,620 auxiliarists, and 7,064 full-time civilian employees.[2] In terms of size, while the U.S. Coast Guard is the smallest of the military service branches, by itself is the world's 12th largest naval force.[16][17]
The Coast Guard's legal authority differs from the other four armed services, as it operates simultaneously under Title 10 of the U.S. Code and its other organic authorities, such as Titles 6, 14, 19, 33, and 46. Because of its legal authority, the Coast Guard can conduct military operations under the U.S. Department of Defense or directly for the President in accordance with Title 14 USC 1–3. The Coast Guard's enduring roles are maritime safety, security, and stewardship. To carry out those roles, it has 11 statutory missions as defined in 6 U.S.C. § 468, which include enforcing U.S. law in the world's largest exclusive economic zone of 3.4 million square miles (8,800,000 km2).[18] The Coast Guard's motto Semper Paratus means Always ready in Latin.
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Stuhr Museum of the Prarie Pioneer - Part One
We stopped over at this wonderful place recently. The museum is located in Grand Island, Nebraska, and has a total of 300 acres. Areas are separated into a vintage farm machinery/automobile collection, Indian folk art and artifacts building, botanical garden, 1600's log cabins, and an entire town of 1800's buildings, all open to the public. The town has ben used in movies and at one point there was a narrow gauge train ride around the property perimeter. Unfortunately, this was ended in the 80's although the track, some of the equipment and buildings are still there. I don't know what happened to the steam engine. We had to rush through the place so we didn't get to the Indian or artwork collections. I f you ever get the chance, it is well worth a two-day visit.
The Bombing of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, & Aleut Evacuation- 75th Anniversary
Recommended Alaska WWII Books
Complete Guide to World War II's Forgotten War: The Aleutian Campaign in Alaska and North Pacific Against Japan -
The Capture of Attu: A World War II Battle as Told by the Men Who Fought There
Alaska at War, 1941-1945: The Forgotten War Remembered
The Aleutian Warriors: A History of the 11th Air Force & Fleet Air Wing 4, Part 1
Soldiers of the Mist: Minutemen of the Alaska Frontier
Pearl Harbor is what most people think of when they think of the Japanese bombing a harbor on US soil. However, there was another harbor that was bombed as well, and that was Dutch Harbor, Alaska. This video will tell you all about it.
This video has to do with the military in Alaska. Alaska has been important strategically to many military operations, particularly after World War II.
During World War II the remote Aleutian Islands, home to the Unangan (Aleut) people for over 8,000 years, became a fiercely contested battleground in the Pacific.
This thousand-mile-long archipelago saw invasion by Japanese forces; the occupation of two islands; a mass relocation of Unangax civilians; a 15-month air war; and one of the deadliest battles in the Pacific Theater.
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Bear Claw Necklace (Pawnee)
Bear Claw Necklace (Pawnee), before 1870, grizzly bear claws and hide, otter pelt, beads, cedar, tobacco and other materials (Denver Art Museum), a Smarthistory Seeing America video
Speakers: Dr. John Lukavic, curator of Native Arts, Denver Art Museum and Dr. Steven Zucker
U.S. troops of 209th Artillery Group (Redstone) fuel a Redstone missile before la...HD Stock Footage
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U.S. troops of 209th Artillery Group (Redstone) fuel a Redstone missile before launch at White Sands, New Mexico.
United States Army troops fuel Redstone Missile prior to launch from White Sands, New Mexico. View of Redstone Missile, gantry crane and army trucks at White Sands Missile Range. United States 209th Artillery Group (Redstone) from Fort Sill, fuel Redstone missile with hoses from fueling trucks. Troops stand next to base of Redstone Missile. Location: New Mexico United States. Date: March 16, 1960.
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Natives Honored for Protecting Alaska in WWII
(27 May 2017) Relatives of deceased members of a largely Native Alaskan citizen militia who guarded the U.S. territory during World War II have received Army discharge papers meant as a posthumous honor.
Gov. Bill Walker was among the officials who presented the documents to family members of 16 volunteers from the Alaska Territorial Guard during a ceremony Friday in Anchorage.
Nearly 2,600 discharge papers have been issued since 2004 as militia members or relatives are found or apply for them. Alaska Native Heritage Center officials plan to make the ceremony a yearly event.
In 1942, before Alaska was a state, the 6,400-member militia was formed to defend the territory from the threat of Japanese invasion.
The unit disbanded in 1947, but its members weren't recognized by the Army until 2004.
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