Aleutian travel

Travel & Weather

If you go to the Aleutians...
Don't be a tourist. Be an adventurer.
Don't expect five stars. Settle for clean sheets and great seafood.

Expect eagles at the dump. And rent a truck. Four-wheel drive. And go everywhere. Get in a kayak. Take pictures of birds you will find only here. Hike to the top. Bring a windbreaker. Bring lots of socks; they'll get wet.

Plan an Aleutian adventure with these links

Unalaska/Dutch Visitor's Bureau

Dive Aleutians

Aleutian Adventure Sports

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Unalaska/Dutch Chamber of Commerce

Island Charters

Aleutian weather is famously awful

     More men were lost in WW II to the weather than to combat.
     It's so sun-starved that trees can't propagate themselves.
     The wind is relentless. The fog mercurial.
     Earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis, gales, blizzards.
     The Aleutians have it all.

Dutch weather cam

Find Your Voice

Cindy's sister Jana Osturgut created this slide show for a digital media class while getting her master's in literary criticism. Although not specifically about the Aleut people, many of the images Jana chose document Aleut history. She created the piece to help us to connect to the destruction in our pasts, whether a torn culture or a worn past, and to sense the hope that lies in our futures. The strong, she says, remember, listen, and speak. They tell their stories so that history will be more complete, more powerful, more redemptive.

Aleut history