Today’s plan is to land at Unga Island, the final island of the Aleutian Islands chain that we will visit before arriving at the Alaskan Peninsula. The village of Unga was abandoned 50 years ago, […]
Le Soleal anchors in Dutch Harbor, on Unalaska Island, early this morning. Dutch Harbor is a small but sprawling settlement, the only deepwater port in the Aleutian Islands. Below is the NASA image of the […]
Today’s plan is an “unplanned” landing at Chuginadak Island, part of the strangely named Islands of Four Mountains archipelago. It is meant to be a sea day en route to Unalaska Island, but our captain […]
Today’s itinerary takes us to Adak and Atka Islands. Adak Island Adak Island is the destination for an early morning landing. The weather has improved since yesterday evening, it isn’t raining, although still grey and […]
Today’s plan is to visit Kiska and Davidof Islands. In the morning, we plan to land at Kiska Island and hike around a road to the remains of WWII Japanese fortifications. There is more unexploded […]
This morning is the first landing of the expedition in the Aleutian Islands, at Massacre Bay, Attu Island. The scene of brief but fierce fighting in 1943 between Japanese and American forces, Attu Island is […]
