Unalaska & Dutch Harbor forum
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RE: What movies made you want to travel?
by strauss1944 11 February 2012
And something else has given me ichy feet, and i do know it is not a movie, but in watching the TV series of 'The Deadliest Catch' has…
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Re: From the USA to Kamchatka
by Chicagobest 08 September 2011
Everbrite is correct. Magadan Air, Alaska Airlines and one other airline offered Alaska-Kamchatka service. All of them stopped and…
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Re: crossing the pacific by boat from Sapporo or Shanghai
by Chicagobest 05 March 2011
I wanted to do the land only journey around the world and I never did it. I have, however, done lots of overland travel, including: …
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RE: Seasonal work in Alaska
by CascadeBob 07 November 2010
You can contact the National Park Service and the National Forest Service and inquire about temporary or volunteer postions. In days…
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Re: From Alaska to Russia
by section8 05 July 2010
It'd be easier to find a boat willing to take you from Dutch Harbor. Halibut longliners work the outer western Aleutians.
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RE: Teaching Mandarin in US
by trekker502 06 April 2010
The fishing industry in Alaska hires lots of foreign workers, especially from Latin America and the Philippines, but other nationalities…
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Re: Boats, of any kind, from Alaska to Russia
by Chicagobest 04 April 2010
There are no boats with passenger possibilities from Alaska to Russia. I have been checking this my whole life and I am sad to say forget…
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RE: Alaska in March or May
by youmuren 12 February 2010
I was thinking of spending about 1.5 weeks seeing NW Alaska, 1.5 weeks between fairbanks, denali and anchorage, 1.5-2 weeks along the…
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RE: Alaska in March or May
by section8 11 February 2010
"How is travelling in March rewarding and what better opportunities would there be travelling in May over March? " March is a good time…
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RE: Dutch Harbor
by trekker502 25 October 2009
Not these days. The Feds frequently inspect the fish processers and boat crews, and the employer gets heavy fines of there are illegal…
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RE: Dutch Harbor
by kev8 25 October 2009
Im thinking of going to Alaska after Christmas to try land a job as a deckhand.I have experience working on boats and dont think sea sicknes…
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RE: Dutch Harbor
by trekker502 21 October 2009
That's why I was so cautious about travelling through West Virginia (there were some beligerant types standing around the Flying J just…
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RE: Dutch Harbor
by elgatogordo 21 October 2009
Trekker502, I would not have to travel to Dutch Harbor. I could accomplish the same thing in just about all of Mississippi, a large portion…
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RE: Dutch Harbor
by KenI 21 October 2009
I got hired as a deckhand on a crab boat in Dutch Harbor. I had been driving a cab, sitting outside a bar waiting for fares, when a guy…
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RE: Dutch Harbor
by trekker502 19 October 2009
You don't need a college education to work as a fisherman! That kind of sarcasm will get you killed in a Dutch Harbor bar!!
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RE: Dutch Harbor
by trekker502 18 October 2009
Some of the deckhand jobs for the salmon fisheries in Bristol Bay and Copper River/Cordova are advertised on the local post office bulletin…
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Re: Dutch Harbor
by section8 18 October 2009
Near impossible. The fisheries at Dutch are primarily pollack and crab. As others have noted, the pollack fishery is actually based…
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Re: Dutch Harbor
by anyone101 18 October 2009
You can look on these below sites to start with: http://www.jobs.state.ak.us/ Read the "Seafood jobs" and "Finding Work in Alaska" link…
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RE: Dutch Harbor
by trekker502 17 October 2009
If you are hired in Seattle or in Anchorage, the fishing company usually pays for your airline ticket and then deducts the cost from your…
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RE: Dutch Harbor
by eric1946 17 October 2009
I used to live in Dutch Harbor and would suggest that you NOT go there without a job. Contact the fishing companies that have factory…
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RE: Dutch Harbor
by trekker502 17 October 2009
You need to google "Alaska Jobs" in its fishing section -- you need to be legally allowed to work in the USA. Most of the fish processors…
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Dutch Harbor
by titochasingrae 17 October 2009
Has anyone went up to Dutch harbor to get on a boat? I was wondering how hard it is?
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RE: Suriname Backpacking??
by tprophet 18 February 2009
You could backpack there for three weeks. However, you'll need to understand what you're getting yourself into and be adequately prepared.…
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