Dutch Harbor, Unalaska

Here we are near the far end of the Aleutian Islands at the island of Unalaska. Similarly to the rest of our stops the history of this island is one of Natives pushed out by the Russians who then sold Alaska to the US. This island is the home of one of the largest fishing fleets in America featured on Deadliest Catch for their dramatic weather and severe conditions for these brave fishing people. Consistently with their normal it was raining when we arrived. Then, we did not have a dock available to us so we had to tender in( this means that we have to load up onto lifeboats who then take us in groups of 50 to the dock). With no shuttle buses available and walks of 2 miles in the rain anticipated we decided to decline going off the ship. We relaxed and enjoyed our time together as we have on the long cross Pacific journey so far.Read more