Dutch Harbor is located along the Aleutian Island chain and is one of the biggest fishing ports in the world.  In recent years it has been made famous by the Discovery Channel with its Deadliest Catch reality show.

We had the opportunity to spend a long weekend there while we were living in Anchorage.  Getting to Dutch Harbor is interesting - our flight had to stop at Cold Bay (a town on Alaska's mainland) to pick up more fuel in case of fog at Dutch Harbor.  The extra fuel is needed to be able to return to Anchorage.

Once on the ground and settled in, Dutch Harbor was a wonderful place to explore and photograph.  One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to the Aleutian World War II National Historic Area.  From the website:

"During World War II the remote Aleutian Islands, home to the Unangan (Aleut) people for over 8,000 years, became a fiercely contested battleground in the Pacific. This thousand-mile-long archipelago saw invasion by Japanese forces, the only American soil occupied in the war; a mass internment of American civilians; a 15-month air war; and one of the deadliest battles in the Pacific Theater."

At the Historic Area there were plenty of photographic opportunities - wildlife, wildflowers and scenics.  We were quite lucky - there were only a few showers.  In a land dubbed "The Birthplace of Storms", it was perfect.  Here are a few of my memorable photographs: