Deadliest Catch Jail
by Jim Cook
Title
Deadliest Catch Jail
Artist
Jim Cook
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
While travelling in Alaska we were in Homer Spit and took a day trip to Seldovia an island in Lower Cook Inlet. Seldovia was once the fishing capital of the world until the catastrophic 1964 Alaska earthquake. The earthquake was not the only reason for the islands demise (2010 population was 255) opening of the Kenai peninsula Sterling Highway as well as slow down of industries that the island depended upon also had negative impact .Today it is an off the beaten path for tourists who will come upon a quirky scene or two such as this one while wandering along the historic boardwalk. The island hosts some small tour boats that are dispatched from Homer. Along the way passengers will marvel at Gull Island. In this safe bird sanctuary are several species of birds that during the summer months build nests, and chicks out. Among the species are Pelagic Comorants, Red faced Comorants, Horned Puffins, Black Winged Kittiwake, Common Mure, Glaucous-Winged Gulls, Tufted Puffins, Pigeon Gillemot. As many as 20,000 seabirds build nests here with hundreds of seagulls among them. This is the most visited seabird rookery in the bay. Owned by the Seldovia Native Association. Once on the island of Seldovia you are free to walk through town and visit some small shops, a museum that tells the story of Seldovia and the earthquake.
Homer itself offers premier fishing for halibut, salmon, and lingcod. Homer is also home port for F/V Time Bandit of the popular television show Alaska Deadliest Catch.
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More of my work can be seen http://www.jimcookphotography or here in FAA at http://1-jim-cook.artistwebsites.com/
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January 11th, 2015
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