Here, life is dictated by the undulating flow of salmon as they swim onward, to spawn in one of the many freshwater streams and rivers along the coast.

“Where Kodiaks Uyak Bay meets the treacherous waters of the Shelikoff straight lies a tiny windswept rock called bear Island. Here there is a fish camp, and from May through September the island is home to a motley crew of boys who spend their days plucking fish from the nets they set nearby. “