QUIRIQ – HOARY MARMOT QUIRIT QUILITARTUT. – MARMOTS ARE FAT. The Alutiiq word for marmot may come from quili- a root word meaning fat. This in an apt description. Hoary marmots are the largest member of the squirrel family. These plump mammals that can weigh over ten pounds and eat heartily during the summer to fatten up […]
Authorities believe that a whale that inadvertently breached into the Tustumena as it was en route to Kodiak from Homer may have died from the collision on Wednesday. No injuries were reported from passengers in the collision where the whale hit the vessel at a right angle causing damage to the Tustumena’s starboard stabilizer as it transited the […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Coast Guard crews and a good Samaritan vessel crew are searching Thursday for one male and one female reported missing from the fishing vessel Miss Destinee that capsized in Marmot Bay. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin and MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews, a Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak boatcrew […]