The Yukon River supports several species of salmonids of which I got to see only a few. There are at least three species of salmon: Chinook (king) salmon, coho salmon, and chum salmon. The latter has two runs: the summer- and the fall-run. The Chinook salmon are among the first salmon to arrive and they …
Monthly Archive: July 2010
Jul 22
Day 5, Tanana Villag, Alaska – Thursday July 22
The Tribal Center let me borrow a truck to drive around with. Drove down to visit the Moore’s fish camp down past the air strip. They let me come with them and empty the fish wheel. A few Chinook and chum salmon and white fish had been caught. At the camp I saw yet a …
Jul 21
Day 4, Fishing, Tanana Village, AK – Wednesday July 21
I went with James upstream the Yukon River to check the net that was set the day before. During the boat ride upstream, James explained to me how he had gained the knowledge to do the hunting and fishing to feed his family and community. To be succeed in gathering the food you do not …
Jul 20
Day 3, Tanana Village, Alaska – Tuesday July 20
Today, I flew with Warbelow’s Air Venture to Tanana Village to film fishing and talk with the people that live there. The people are part of the Athabascan group of people in Alaska. As we flew over the landscape I could see the waste tracts of wilderness folding out below me with rivers cutting through …
Jul 18
Day 2, Fairbanks, Alaska – July 18
Woke up at 6:30 am which would be 10:30 in DC. Tried to fall asleep again but just dosed off half unconscious until about 8:30 am. Jet-lag! After a lot of phone calls to Alaska Air I at last got through and after they searched for a while they called to say that my luggage …