Rudders were not among the parts of Alutiiq boats. Kayaks and angyat (open skin boats) had a flat ended stern, or keel, but no moveable rudder. These lightweight boats were steered by their users.

There are many alternative ways to experience central Japan’s sacred peak without the crowds, from hiking its sister summits to touring vineyards on the mountain’s slopes. Every year, around ...

Kodiak native Silver Joy Prout will be communications director and fisheries liaison for Alaska Congressman Nick Begich. Begich was sworn in this morning as the state’s lone member of the U.S. House ...

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