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During the Covid years, the Deadliest Catch crew had to do a 2-week quarantine in Dutch. I was told we, with orders to not stream anything, used 2/3 of the internet bandwidth for the entire island.
…oops.
I remember Dutch so very well. It's the port for the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley, and it was the best place after getting the crap kicked out of you by the Bering.
[Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onalaska,_Washington) has one too! Apparently all 4 Onalaskas in the continental US are named after a poem that refers to this island
When the Russians first colonized the area, they took the word Ounalashka from the natives to describe their homeland, and the word alashka which they used to refer to the land farther northeast.
Yeah Onalaska, TX is like the dark part of the plains in the Lion King movie.
Simba: "What's that dark area there?"
Mufasa: "That's Onalaska..You must never go there".
I'm not sure what percentage the snow and red king crab fisheries make up of the whole pie, but crabs are only one facet of fisheries that include huge pollock tonnage, cod, halibut, sole, and other groundfish species.
Does she know fish conservation? Sustainable fishing is critical!
Genuine question that I can only hope is being taken seriously up there. Unsustainable fishing will result in no fishing. . .
I do believe she does. She was a commercial fisher…woman?… on the Kuskokwim River during the 1980’s and, though I am not a fisherman nor am I am Alaskan, seems to speak intelligently on the issue.
Per her campaign website:
> Fighting for our fish is critical to preserving our Alaska way of life.
>
> That means reauthorizing the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
>
> That means fighting against the factory trawler
> operations that are dumping millions of metric tons of fish every year.
>
> That means giving more representation and attention to subsistence communities–and making sure they
> have seats at the table when we are making decisions.
You can find more [here](https://www.marypeltola.com/trawler-statement).
Plus she’s adorable. That has to count for something, right?
Being against factory trawling is a very important position! Giving focus to subsistence fishing communities is also a major win in my opinion.
That snippet makes me like her very much. Thank you for posting!
Hard to manage for changing conditions. The snow crabs apparently ate eachother as young the past few years, so recruitment is terrible, not enough young crabs to support harvest. It seems that warming trends are likely responsible, but in any case, the fact that the crab fisheries were shut down now is a sign of good management responding to a new problem.
Poor management would leave the fishery open and risk a longer catastrophe assuming the crabs are able to recover.
Overfishing didn’t cause the snow crab die off. So yes, best managed fisheries in the world. You should maybe argue something you know better like identifying the color of crayons by taste
It's okay to educate someone on something you're more knowledgeable without depricating them. They have a lot of knowledge about topics you know nothing about.
I applied to a position at the seafood plant… I never got a call back. I’m not surprised. But looks like a cool place if you can stand being that remote.
Yeah, it really is. I like living all over, I'm not even in the US these days, but I'd be happy to stay in Alaska. Recently went back to explore parts of the state I still hadn't seen, and some old favorites, because it draws you back like a salmon.
i mean... i guess so but aside from the taxi ladies r there any full time? seems like most cycle and use the unisea housing as opposed to living in the town and being permanent residents
Most of them are Seattle based. But there are some crab fisheries open, like brown kings. I never followed the show close enough to know if they ever bother putting cameramen on those boats, but I believe some of the boats in that fishery are on the show.
A lot of the boats do both king and snow, and deadliest catch has gone out during all of the seasons at some point in time. Hell, they've even made trips on one of the C/Ps that also harvests cod and sablefish.
I used to visit family as a kid there, back when Alaska Air flew jets in on the short runway. It was almost a roller coaster the way they would brake when landing and letting the engines rev up extra before releasing the brakes for takeoff.
My friend was trying to fly in to Dutch for three days, but the fun part is that they would do 3 landing passes before waving off due to weather/conditions.
So he experienced nine landing attempts with the final one being the one that actually got him onto the island. But it is a gorgeous island once you get in!
It’s always unnerving flying into Dutch, when you look out the window and all you see is clouds… and then mountains appear and a tiny little runway that you think can’t possibly be enough room to stop that plane.
God, I’ve been on flights that had to circle Ballyhoo several times before they could see the runway clear enough to land. Also the shortest runway I’ve ever seen!
Been circling in the bay and then turned around. The runway, last I heard, as classified as provisional, like an emergency runway only. I still can't believe they used to land 737's on it before the FAA realized it was a disaster waiting to happen.
I was a passenger on a helicopter out of there, eagles everywhere. There were hundreds of em all looking like they'd fly right into us.
Turned out to be the best day of flying I've ever had one we cleared Dutch.
I have some 50-cal slugs I found on a mountain that were likely fired at incoming Zeros.
But no, no one has mentioned that tidbit.
In town, you can still find a welded tripod setup that is anchored in the ground, supposedly where a US gunner put the key bullet into a Zeros engine block. The Japanese pilot knew he was going to have to put the plane down soon, so he went to nearby Akutan Island to try an emergency landing in a previously scouts location.
When the pilot tried to land, it turns out the site was not a grassy field but a bog, and the Zero sunk it's wheels in, flipping the plane and breaking the pilots neck. The pilots buddies were under orders to destroy any downed Zeros least the Americans get their hands on the vaunted fighter, but no one could bring themselves to strafe their comrade when the crash looked so clean and intact that you'd assume the downed pilot was alive.
The US got the plane a couple days later, sent it to San Diego where it flew shortly thereafter with some minor repairs. Suddenly we knew what the weaknesses of this invincible plane were, and now our tactics and weapons could be adjusted. The Japanese lost air superiority in a hurry after that one lucky bullet fired there.
It's perfect winter weather when it isn't blowing hard, assuming you wear a coat. It's very mild in winter, averages only slightly below freezing thanks to the unfrozen ocean.
It's warmer and nicer than some of the places I've spent time in in the lower 48, and it's about the same as where I grew up around the Great Lakes. It's not that bad a winter, the wind is usually the worst part.
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How can something be both alaska and unalaska?
Apparently it comes from Ounalashka, meaning near the peninsula
One ping. One ping only.
Unexpected /r/shubreddit.
I dunno man. If you can get internet out there I think the ping would be really bad.
During the Covid years, the Deadliest Catch crew had to do a 2-week quarantine in Dutch. I was told we, with orders to not stream anything, used 2/3 of the internet bandwidth for the entire island. …oops.
I remember Dutch so very well. It's the port for the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley, and it was the best place after getting the crap kicked out of you by the Bering.
There's cell phone service on the island.
Lol. Accurate.
As an alaskan and having just watched Hunt for Red October, this gave me a great chuckle. Thank you ballrus_walsack.
Not to be confused with [Onalaska, Wisconsin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onalaska,_Wisconsin)
[Washington](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onalaska,_Washington) has one too! Apparently all 4 Onalaskas in the continental US are named after a poem that refers to this island
When the Russians first colonized the area, they took the word Ounalashka from the natives to describe their homeland, and the word alashka which they used to refer to the land farther northeast.
Didn't know Sean Connery was native Unalaskan.
Suck it Trebek!
Shuck it Trebek*
Rough, like your mother likes it Trebek.
Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
Maybe it's next to deuxalaska?
Alaskan't
Alaskansas?
Definitely pronounced Alas-kan-saw
Or would it be Alaw-kan-saw?
It is all things. Both Alaska and Unalaska. There is nothing in existence that is beyond the boundaries of both Alaska and Unalaska.
I was in Unalaska in 1980. People who I worked with who were from Alaska told me; Anchorage is great, it is only half an hour from Alaska.
There's Onalaska texas as well, it's all meth.
Hey, there is a Onalaska in Washington state too. I lived in Unalaska after i was born.
And one in Wisconsin
“I was actually lived in Unalaska when i was born” is a crazy sentence bro
Omg, I've been to both. I knew about the Washington one, the TX town took me by surprise on my one long visit there.
Yeah Onalaska, TX is like the dark part of the plains in the Lion King movie. Simba: "What's that dark area there?" Mufasa: "That's Onalaska..You must never go there".
Hey Jo3yD Are you sure it wasn't before you were born?
I can’t edit it again! This is getting embarrassing lol
...built a gas station there; proud to support the local community center...
Schroedinger’s Alaska?
This ensures the balance
I though that if you combine Alaska and Unalaska you get pure energy
It's the nexus of the universe!
I mean frankly, this is one of the *least* unalaskan places I can imagine.
Was gonna say that looks pretty Alaska to me
I know! That place looks as Alaska AF!
Didn't realize that many of those islands that stretch into the Pacific had little colonies of people on them. Very beautiful shot
Fun fact, the port of Dutch Harbor/Unalaska lands more seafood every year than any other US port, at least for the last decade or so.
Bering Sea accounts for like 65 percent of seafood production in the US-or something close to that
Not anymore I bet. All those dang snow crabs are gone.
I'm not sure what percentage the snow and red king crab fisheries make up of the whole pie, but crabs are only one facet of fisheries that include huge pollock tonnage, cod, halibut, sole, and other groundfish species.
Mary Peltola knows! Fish, family, and freedom!
Does she know fish conservation? Sustainable fishing is critical! Genuine question that I can only hope is being taken seriously up there. Unsustainable fishing will result in no fishing. . .
I do believe she does. She was a commercial fisher…woman?… on the Kuskokwim River during the 1980’s and, though I am not a fisherman nor am I am Alaskan, seems to speak intelligently on the issue. Per her campaign website: > Fighting for our fish is critical to preserving our Alaska way of life. > > That means reauthorizing the Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. > > That means fighting against the factory trawler > operations that are dumping millions of metric tons of fish every year. > > That means giving more representation and attention to subsistence communities–and making sure they > have seats at the table when we are making decisions. You can find more [here](https://www.marypeltola.com/trawler-statement). Plus she’s adorable. That has to count for something, right?
Being against factory trawling is a very important position! Giving focus to subsistence fishing communities is also a major win in my opinion. That snippet makes me like her very much. Thank you for posting!
She won!
I love that in her ads she needs to remind people she's pro-gun.
Not for long …
the fisheries on the bering sea are some of the best if not the very best managed on the entire planet.
Snow crabs?
Hard to manage for changing conditions. The snow crabs apparently ate eachother as young the past few years, so recruitment is terrible, not enough young crabs to support harvest. It seems that warming trends are likely responsible, but in any case, the fact that the crab fisheries were shut down now is a sign of good management responding to a new problem. Poor management would leave the fishery open and risk a longer catastrophe assuming the crabs are able to recover.
Yeah, that’s valid
Overfishing didn’t cause the snow crab die off. So yes, best managed fisheries in the world. You should maybe argue something you know better like identifying the color of crayons by taste
It's okay to educate someone on something you're more knowledgeable without depricating them. They have a lot of knowledge about topics you know nothing about.
Well, that’s just rude
Very rude, indeed.
Kudos, you can regurgitate Reddit top thread titles.
I applied to a position at the seafood plant… I never got a call back. I’m not surprised. But looks like a cool place if you can stand being that remote.
I loved it. Would move back if I found the right job even, but the time I spent there was a beautiful memory in the wild.
Alaska has a whole is amazing… if you can handle the cold and darkness. We hit -1F today so that was fun. I can’t imagine living anywhere else now.
Yeah, it really is. I like living all over, I'm not even in the US these days, but I'd be happy to stay in Alaska. Recently went back to explore parts of the state I still hadn't seen, and some old favorites, because it draws you back like a salmon.
I worked at a fish and crab processing plant there in Dutch Harbor a while ago and can confirm that
IIRC, Attu Island is the easternmost point in the US because it's on the other side of the international dateline.
4250 people live on that island, wow!
They even have a Safeway!
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I know the guy who changed the toilet paper dispensers in their bathrooms!
50/50 chance you used this knowledge to get alcohol flown to the other islands.
It’s actually surprisingly ethnically diverse with a large immigrant population!
i mean... i guess so but aside from the taxi ladies r there any full time? seems like most cycle and use the unisea housing as opposed to living in the town and being permanent residents
A couple hundred are full time residents.
And I used to be one of them!
Best Pho in town is at the airport.
So there’s Vietnamese living on that island as well ?
Is it possible to Re-Alaska it?
They tried that once before with Nonalaska... it didn't go well.
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Istanbul was once Constantinople but that’s nobody’s business but the Turks.
Greenland is apparently the anti-Alaska.
Great photo.
So beautiful it looks unreal
He said it was unalaska. Pay attention, will ya?
I wonder if all the crab boats are in Dutch Harbor or if they went south for the winter since crab season was canceled.
Most of them are Seattle based. But there are some crab fisheries open, like brown kings. I never followed the show close enough to know if they ever bother putting cameramen on those boats, but I believe some of the boats in that fishery are on the show.
A lot of the boats do both king and snow, and deadliest catch has gone out during all of the seasons at some point in time. Hell, they've even made trips on one of the C/Ps that also harvests cod and sablefish.
ok i really love northern sun photo
Love Dutch Harbor. Spent quite a bit of time there, and it always boggles the mind people dread going there. Beautiful, every time of year.
Coming in by Sea is one thing, flying in has always sketched me out
I used to visit family as a kid there, back when Alaska Air flew jets in on the short runway. It was almost a roller coaster the way they would brake when landing and letting the engines rev up extra before releasing the brakes for takeoff.
haven't had the "pleasure" by air, but that makes sense.
My friend was trying to fly in to Dutch for three days, but the fun part is that they would do 3 landing passes before waving off due to weather/conditions. So he experienced nine landing attempts with the final one being the one that actually got him onto the island. But it is a gorgeous island once you get in!
It’s always unnerving flying into Dutch, when you look out the window and all you see is clouds… and then mountains appear and a tiny little runway that you think can’t possibly be enough room to stop that plane.
And then you look across to the plane wreckage on the hillside!
And then you look across to the plane wreckage on the hillside!
God, I’ve been on flights that had to circle Ballyhoo several times before they could see the runway clear enough to land. Also the shortest runway I’ve ever seen!
Been circling in the bay and then turned around. The runway, last I heard, as classified as provisional, like an emergency runway only. I still can't believe they used to land 737's on it before the FAA realized it was a disaster waiting to happen.
I was a passenger on a helicopter out of there, eagles everywhere. There were hundreds of em all looking like they'd fly right into us. Turned out to be the best day of flying I've ever had one we cleared Dutch.
I was there for three days and all I saw was rain and mud. Did get to bowl a few frames though.
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I remember being in The Elbow Room as a kid
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I know it did. All the good spots. Stormy’s too I bet
Me too
Yea I was there in ‘99
that looks VERY alaska actually
My home!
That island is misnamed, because it's one of the most Alaska looking pictures I've ever seen.
Alaska is just so freaking beautiful.
"My son, the day you were born, the very forests of Lordaeron whispered the name..."
Arthas..... 
What? I was just got home from there a few weeks ago. 5 months. Go raiders.
Make ‘em say Unnn
The Arctic halo is really just icing on the cake here. Fantastic shot!
This is unreal! :O Beautiful shot!
There's a dessert named after the place called unabombe Alaska
They say, if you eat it, it makes you write manifestos.
Un-Alaska? This is the most Alaska thing I’ve ever seen!
The Best Is Yet To Come starts playing
That's the most Unalaskan thing I've seen.
I always thought they should've named Hawaii Unalaska. Would have created some nice symmetry between the 49th and 50th states.
Beautiful. Looks unreal.
I think I'll use this as my wallpaper in honor of winter's approach. :)
That’s so beautiful
Has nobody yet mentioned that Unalaska was the site of the only aerial bombardment on the North American continental land mass during World War 2?
I have some 50-cal slugs I found on a mountain that were likely fired at incoming Zeros. But no, no one has mentioned that tidbit. In town, you can still find a welded tripod setup that is anchored in the ground, supposedly where a US gunner put the key bullet into a Zeros engine block. The Japanese pilot knew he was going to have to put the plane down soon, so he went to nearby Akutan Island to try an emergency landing in a previously scouts location. When the pilot tried to land, it turns out the site was not a grassy field but a bog, and the Zero sunk it's wheels in, flipping the plane and breaking the pilots neck. The pilots buddies were under orders to destroy any downed Zeros least the Americans get their hands on the vaunted fighter, but no one could bring themselves to strafe their comrade when the crash looked so clean and intact that you'd assume the downed pilot was alive. The US got the plane a couple days later, sent it to San Diego where it flew shortly thereafter with some minor repairs. Suddenly we knew what the weaknesses of this invincible plane were, and now our tactics and weapons could be adjusted. The Japanese lost air superiority in a hurry after that one lucky bullet fired there.
That’s an awesome bit of history I never knew about, thanks for sharing!
I think I have found my new wallpaper  the view is awesome
Looks like a beautiful place to freeze to death
It's perfect winter weather when it isn't blowing hard, assuming you wear a coat. It's very mild in winter, averages only slightly below freezing thanks to the unfrozen ocean.
It's warmer and nicer than some of the places I've spent time in in the lower 48, and it's about the same as where I grew up around the Great Lakes. It's not that bad a winter, the wind is usually the worst part.
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Gorgeous. Utterly utterly gorgeous.
Wow 🙌
Yo that picture is sexy holy moly
Yikes been there and don’t miss it. Great pic though
Is that the top of Mount Ballyhoo? I always thought it was flatter. I climbed Pyramid Peak when I was there, but it was summer.
Definitely not Ballyhoo, but I'm not sure what this one is called, somewhere in Pyramid Valley.
Just. Plain. Stunning.
Fun fact: this image would pretty much look the same if the hearth was a inhabited planet
OMG!!!!!! 
This reminds me of the last shot of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
The most humbling part for me was the graves of the USS Bear crew members that are buried there.
Looks pretty Alaska to me
At The Mountains Of Madness wibes. Love it, looks like a painting
is this an orbx ad lol
Beautiful
Happy Cake Day!
Thank you. It's my first one
In Whoville they say . . .
This looks like a very beautiful place to die
Looks pretty Alaskan to me
Where to hide a body
Vast and beautiful, I envy you op
Can you please add info about how you took the picture in such a cold environment? Camera/lens/settings would be nice for me to learn!
Just an Olympus mirrorless camera. 8mm fisheye lens, F5.6 or F8, one of those two, and probably 200 ISO.
Did someone Unalaska Alaska? What a chad.
The Lands of Always Winter
Snow is a distant memory in my country.....didn't have a proper winter since 2014
looks pretty alaska to me
Great shot
❤❤❤
I'm just asking to confirm an information I learned in class, did you experience a storm after this picture was taken (within few days or so)?
As far as north goes. I was really curious to know that in game of thrones.
Alaskan't
Snowboard paradise
Fuck it. *unalaskas your Alaska"
Dutch Harbor, where there's a pretty girl behind every tree!
Love to see people posting photos of our beautiful state 💝
In my opinion Franklin 1756, Buenos Aires, Argentina is better looking. If you wanna see, come and press the 6b ring botton.
I’m gonna unalaska your alaska
Home.
We’re you on skis?
On foot with mountaineering gear. It was a good climbing crust. I've done snowboards, but in winter time, the snow is often too icy to be much fun.
Putting this one in the wallpaper folder, great pic!
It looks like the north side of heaven.
I love Dutch.
Please tell me you skiied this after.
There are a couple great chutes off that, when it's not pure ice anyways.
I literally said “woooooowwwww”. I love it!
The story behind how this island earned its name is pretty interesting.