Alaska Volcanoes

The Aleutian Chain of volcanic islands starting at mainland King Salmon area forms an ark of islands westward that ends on Kamchatka Island peninsula on the coast of the Soviet Union of Russia.

Note on the image below that the chain of volcanoes starts nearby across Cook Inlet from Anchorage.

Archaeologists think the Aleuts came across the land bridge from Siberia to the Nome area of Alaska thense south across the sea to settle on Kodiak Island and the the Aleutian Island chain.

The Aleuts of Dutch Harbor and Unalaska dispute the scientific theory and claim they came 8,000 years ago from Kamchatka peninsula and over several centuries settled on Kodiak (oldest campfire is 7,000 years old.)

Furthermore they relate in the collective memories of their elders that they moved often to different islands to escape from volcanic eruptions.

research and interviews by donkelly