Editorial Photos
A microblade in situ at Swan Point, one of the earliest human settlements ever discovered in Alaska. It contains evidence of humans hunting Mammoths. June 7, 2013.
(Loren Holmes/Alaska Dispatch)
Dr. Chuck Holmes calibrates a total station, used to precisely map artifacts at Swan Point, one of the earliest human settlements ever discovered in Alaska. It contains evidence of humans hunting Mammoths. June 7, 2013
(Loren Holmes/Alaska Dispatch)
Yu Hirasawa, a PhD student at Keio University in Tokyo, sifts through dirt at the Swan Point archaeological site with Haley Huff, a student from the University of Alaska Anchorage. June 7, 2013.
(Loren Holmes/Alaska Dispatch)
Microblade fragments at Swan Point, one of the earliest human settlements ever discovered in Alaska. It contains evidence of humans hunting Mammoths. June 7, 2013.
(Loren Holmes/Alaska Dispatch)
Tourists and locals alike flocked to Pillar Mountain on a clear and sunny Saturday, June 15, 2013. Unusually warm weather continued over the weekend and into Tuesday, the second consecutive day of record temperatures. Kodiak has had six 70-degree days this month; an average June has only one.
(James Brooks photo)