Shemya - a blog has appeared
This interesting blog has appeared, promising information about developments on Shemya, which is not quite the back of beyond in the Aleutians, but is close... more »
PermalinkThe problems for Adak continue as the fish processing plant goes bankrupt
One of the last commercial reasons for businesses to visit Adak has failed...the island's fish processing plant filed for bankruptcy on September 17th. As this report explains:
According to court documents, Adak Fisheries owes money to between 100 and 1… more »
The Aleutians - Adak
Adak is described by one blogger as "The End of America". His blog here does a really good job of tracking the history and current existence of Adak, which over the last 15 years has gone from a massive post-Cold War military facility to a run-downm, eco… more »
The Aleutians - Attu and Kiska
Attu is the furthest West that you can go in the Aleutians before you find yourself in Russia...
Attu was one of the 2 Aleutian Islands invaded by the Japanese in World War II, and was the only island where US Forces engaged the Japanese in combat when… more »
The Aleutian Islands
I finally got around to studing the Aleutian Islands the other day, for no other reason than that I like to Know About Stuff.
The Aleutians, from a geological perspective, are a chain of islands formed largely by Pacific Rim volcanism (they belong to t… more »