King Island, Alaska

King Island is an island in the Bering Sea, west of Alaska.

In 2005 and 2006 the National Science Foundation (NSF) paid for a research project. They brought a few King Island people back to the Island. Some of the people had not been back in 50 years.

James Cook was the first European to see the island in 1778. He named the island after a person in his group called James King. It is part of the Bering Sea piece of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

King Island, Alaska Media

• King Island, Alaska. The large boulders on the top of the island are barely visible through the fog.

• King Island (Bering Sea, Alaska, USA; 64°58‘9’N, 168°3‘56‘‘W)

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  King Island: Rock formations that resemble ruins, on the saddle of the island

• King Island residents in kayaks, about 1892. The kayaks are of the characteristic King Island style. Several carry more than one person or items on deck, and the paddlers are using single-blade paddles. Two-blade paddles were also used.

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  Ugiuvak about 1892. Walrus-hide summer houses and stone winter houses are visible.

• Ugiuvak photographed on the Fifth Thule Expedition, between 1921 and 1924.

• Abandoned stilt village, photographed 1978. The large white building near the bottom of the slope is the former Bureau of Indian Affairs school.

• King Island 1 2010-09-08.jpg

  King Island (Bering Sea, Alaska, USA; 64°58‘9’N, 168°3‘56‘‘W): Abandoned Inupiat stilt village Ukivok

Other websites

• Ancient mask returned to Alaska ghost village, MSNBC, January 18, 2008
• Photogallery of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of King Island, Alaska Archived 2011-06-13 at Archive.today, Oregon State University, October 28, 2008
• Munoz photographs - King Island early 1950s Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Survey of a King Island kayak Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine