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 […]
Despite food shortages during World War One, the consumption of whale meat never took hold in America, Following the government’s lead, the Douglas Island News attempted to convince the general populace to partake of whale meat by extolling “Whale Beef” in their newspaper on October 7th, 1914. But while whale meat was actively consumed by […]
By 1914, the war in Europe’s far reach began affecting the goings-on in Alaska. That war affected copper mining operations and several would close down in the winter of 1914. The closures were the result of labor shortages. Many of the miners were European immigrants, and those immigrants returned to Europe to fight in the […]
