sven haakanson is steering his boat out of the bay of kodiak island his ancestors have lived here since time immemorial. over the thousands of years they to solve this seascape each time they put out to sea to hunt. but they use narrow canoes with a couple of paddles instead of comfortable motor boats with powerful engines in the past very very difficult to hunt as an individual you need to group in order to. actually capture for example you look at the sea lions over here in order for you to hunt one of those people. on a summer day and seven hundred forty one scores of the natives of the land set out on a hunting expedition in canaries they spotted odd looking ships on the horizon. those big sail boats belonged to an expedition led by a russian explorers bearing and. kodiak island made its appearance on russian maps the first colonists were guided by those maps when they landed on the island more than forty years later seventeen eighty four the city of kodiak was the capital of russian america for fifteen years. kodiak streets serve as a reminder of that time. many of them still bear

sven haakanson is steering his boat. and. have lived here since time immemorial. over the thousands of years to solve this seascape each time they put out to sea. but they use good news with a couple of paddles instead of comfortable motor boats with powerful engines. very very difficult to hunt an individual you need to group in order to. capture for example you look at the sea lions over here in order for you to hunt one of those. on a summer day and seven hundred forty one scores of natives of the land hunting expedition. they spotted on ships on the horizon. those big sail boats belonged to an expedition russian explorers. made its appearance on. the first colonists were guided by those maps on the island more than forty years later seventeen eighty four the city of kodiak was the capital for fifteen years. streets to serve as a reminder of. many of them still bear the names of russian travelers and merchants . there is still the street name a shell a call who all founded with his wife now tell us where we first russian permanent settlement in alaska and then

sven haakanson is steering.