Ukivok Stilt Village

Abandoned Inupiat village on an inhospitable cliff side. Houses are built on stilts above the sea.

Shishmaref

Village on a small, low lying island in Chukchi Sea. This traditional Inupiaq village is suffering from global warming – the sea is washing it out. Now it is protected with berth.

Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Alaska

Russian Orthodox church with an onion dome, built in 1907.

St. Michael’s Cathedral in Sitka, Alaska

Russian Orthodox church, built in 1848.

Church of the Holy Ascension in Unalaska

Old Russian Orthodox church, built in 1826.

Swan Point

One of the oldest dated archaeological sites in Alaska, from 12,300 BC. Finds have cultural similarities to Siberian cultures.

Petroglyph Beach

Some 40 different signs and symbols have been hewn in the boulders and rock outcrops at the sea. It is possible that these symbols are even 8000 years old.

Onion Portage Archaeological District in Alaska

Prehistoric settlement at the caribou migration river crossing point. This site has been inhabited by numerous cultures from 6500 BC to 1700 AD and its research has helped to build the cultural chronology in this region.

Ipiutak Site

Major site of Ipiutak culture, inhabited around 100 BC – 800 AD. Found sites of some 600 houses, although these could have existed in different time periods. Here have been found interesting mortuary offerings – elaborate ivory carvings and masks.

Broken Mammoth

One of the oldest archaeological sites in Alaska, inhabited in 9,000 – 10,000 BC. It is possible that inhabitants of this village hunted mammoths.