Kodiak Transportation
You can reach Kodiak by air or boat. From Anchorage, there is daily jet service to Kodiak. The 9.5 hour ferry ride departs from Homer on the Kenai Peninsula, a 4-hour drive, or 45-minute flight from Anchorage.
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When the U.S. Navy closed their Kodiak station, Fort Greeley, in 1972, the Coast Guard took over. This is now the country’s largest station, with almost 1,000 personnel.
Come to this downtown harbor to see salmon-fishing boats, longliners, and crabbers, as well as guide-operated sport-fishing boats and personal sailboats. There are 250 slips here, accounting for roughly one-third of the boats in Kodiak. Walk the docks and see if you can identify a trawler, seiner, or crabber. The fishermen will have already “pitched” their catch, but you can still watch them chopping bait, mending nets, or shoving off for… ...more
