It was on October 22nd, 1951, that the Defense Department made an announcement from Washington, D.C. They announced that approximately 40,000 tons of salvage was being offered along the coast of Alaska. The salvage was largely made up of wartime shipping from World War Two. Much of the wreckage that was offered was situated along […]
The original motor vessel Kennicott, while on its return from it’s maiden voyage to Alaska on October 9th. 1923, struck the rocks at Hunters Point on Frederick Island, which is part of the Queen Charlotte Islands, in stormy weather. And when it ran aground, it broke up. When the Kennicott, owned by the Alaska Steamship […]
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The crested auklet looks like a smiling clown that never blinks. It is probably the only seabird that smells like a tangerine. Its beak — the color of a tangerine — is so bright a scientist thinks it may be fluorescent. Hector Douglas is that scientist. He teaches at Grambling State University in the pine […]