The reason the Aleutians are devoid of trees is the epic battering wind, which regularly exceeds 100 mph. We really felt it at Dutch and crossing the Bering Sea, but the birds seemed to frolic. On its previous voyage, the ferry had passed a raft of two million Norther Fulmars. We saw a steady stream of them fly past for hours, a fine start to our 1,003-mile trip aboard the no-frills Alaska Marine Highway ferry M/V Tustumena, which in some ways is like twice-monthly bus service for the Aleutian chain, ignoring the more remote 800 miles from Unalaska to Attu.
Honorary Thebes
- Alison Bechdel
- Armistead Maupin
- Art Fag City
- Ask Nicola
- Asylum
- Bibliothèque Gay
- Blabbeando
- Chroma
- Daniel Curzon
- Dennis Cooper
- Frank and Gabe
- Gay & Lesbian Book Blog
- Gay Gamer
- Gay Times
- Gaya Scienza
- GaydarNation Books
- GLBT Reading
- homo-neurotic
- Homotography
- IGLOO
- John Kelly
- Jonathan Strong
- K.M. Soehnlein
- Kameny Papers
- Kelly Sans Culotte
- Kevin Killian
- Les Inrocks
- LGBT Asylum News
- LGBT@NYPL
- Matthew Gallaway
- My New Plaid Pants
- Out History
- Out in Print Queer Book Review
- Outside the Lines
- Outsports
- Pam's House Blend
- Peter Cameron
- Peter Tatchell
- Polari
- Queer Reader
- Queer Type
- Red Mug, Blue Linen
- Rex Wockner
- Rictor Norton
- Rodney Croome
- Sandy Leonard Snaps
- Sistahs on the Shelf
- Slava Mogutin
- Speak Its Name
- Stephen McCauley
- Techstickle
- The Film Experience
- This Is So Gay
- Towleroad
- White Crane
- William J. Mann
- Yagg (French)
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Spent some time in Cold Bay myself. I was there on one of the 17 clear days per year and could see several volcanos smoking from town which where usually hidden by clouds and fog.
Posted by: karen in kalifornia | July 28, 2011 at 09:04 AM