Bear Island


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Bear Island

Bear Island is the 60 acre island shown in the map above designated with the letter A. This is the location of the commercial salmon fishing camp I will be working at. You get to Bear Island by taking a float plane from Kodiak to Larsen Bay and then travel 8 miles by boat to Bear Island. You can also take a boat from Kodiak to Bear Island which I think is about a 12 hour trip. The island to the right of Bear Island is Harvester Island. Duncan Fields and his family live on Harvester Island. If you zoom in on the map, you can see gravel bars which connect the island to the mainland. These are only visible during low tide.

Bear Island is located on the Shelikof Strait which is a body of water 150 miles long and 25-30 miles wide separating Alaska from Kodiak Island. The difference between high tide and low tide in this body of water is very large with the difference between low tide and high tide at the northern part of Shelikof Strait measuring up to 40 feet!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Icicle Seafoods


Icicle Bay Seafood Cannery in Larsen Bay


The previous post mentioned Icicle Bay Seafoods where we stopped to offload our herring catch.  This facility is about 8 miles by water from Bear Island where I will be working until October.  I do not work at this plant, we just stopped to offload our herring catch.  If you would like to see some more pictures of Larsen Bay and learn more about the cannery follow the link below and click on the photos link on the left of the web site.  The video also shows how they process fish at this cannery and others owned by Icicle Bay Seafoods.





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  1. Judy FMay 14, 2011 at 11:21 PM

    Scott wants to know if Dan is sweating everyday or if he needs to wear a coat?

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