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 Voice of the North Pacific
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“Hello all mariners, hello all mariners,
this is WBH-2-9 Kodiak”
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Prior to the advent of satellite phones, fax machines and cell phones, Peggy Dyson broadcast the marine weather and personal messages to Alaska’s fishing fleet and other mariners in the North Pacific twice a day, every day for more than 20 years.
The Voice of the North Pacific exhibit about Peggy, the fishing fleet, the weather forecasters and the brave crews aboard Coast Guard rescue missions will give visitors a better understanding of what it is like to work and live at sea.
- Hear Peggy “Calling all mariners” and telling stories of her radio days
- Hear fishermen talk about life at sea
- Watch a Coast Guard rescue mission
- Listen to the latest marine weather forecast and watch a satellite image of weather fronts moving across the Gulf of Alaska
The Voice of the North Pacific exhibit in the harbor building at Shelikof Avenue and Marine Way will serve as a gateway to St. Paul Harbor and downtown Kodiak, a fitting legacy to Peggy Dyson, Alaska’s mariners, and the men and women who work to keep them safe.
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 SOS: Rescuing the F/V Thelma C
Every year several old wooden boats abandoned in the boat harbor end up as ashes on the beach, burned for unpaid moorage fees. But the F/V Marina D won’t be one of them. Orignally named the Thelma C, KMM rescued this salmon seiner from the burn pile and is restoring the boat to its original condition and name for display at St. Paul Harbor.
The 36-foot Thelma C was built in 1965 with federal relief funds following the Great Alaska earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the boat harbor and the waterfront of Kodiak and many other coastal communities including small Alaska native villages and the town of Valdez in Prince William Sound.
- See the flying bridge where salty skippers steered the Thelma C 20 hours a day searching for summer’s prolific schools of salmon
- Look in the tiny wheelhouse where four fishermen ate and slept every day for the three-month fishing season
- Feel the Thelma C’s strong, wood hull that cut through the cold, rough seas of the North Pacific and kept the fishermen safe and warm
- Read about the 1964 Great Alaska earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the harbor and downtown Kodiak
The Thelma C, a classic wooden salmon seiner from Alaska's world-renowned fishing fleet, will rest in a covered, outdoor exhibit overlooking St. Paul Harbor in downtown Kodiak.
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