The Last Skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska Villages Lost Their Native Fishing Fleets
KODIAK — On an early, foggy summer morning, Nick Katelnikoff steered his boat through the treacherous waters off Kodiak Island’s Spruce Cape and chuckled.
“Trust a blind guy through the rock pile?” he asked.
Katelnikoff, 76, is a veteran fisherman — the kind of guy who, friends say, can call his catch into his boat.
He’s made a career chasing the bounty of the North Pacific, building up a storehouse of knowledge about his maritime backyard that allows him, even with failing eyesight, to confidently steer his ...
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