What is AMIQ?

In 1981, two women followed a dream to visit the great fur seal islands of the Bering Sea. Their journey - spanning two decades and touching two continents - was meticulously detailed by their cameras, pens and tape recorders. You are about to share a glimpse of their life's work. (Read more...)

About this site and the AMIQ Archive.

This site provides a glimpse of the scenery, flora, and fauna of the Bering Sea's Pribilof Islands(Alaska, USA) and Commander Islands (Kamchatka, Russia) and the life of its Aleut population. It is a small sample taken from the 20 years of research by Helen Corbett and Susanne Swibold as presented through words and photos. In the future, we hope that all our work will be available on the web for research and education purposes. (Read more...)

About this site

This site provides a glimpse of the scenery, flora, and fauna of the Bering Sea's Pribilof Islands(Alaska, USA) and Commander Islands (Kamchatka, Russia)and the life of its Aleut population. It is a small sample taken from the 20 years of research by Helen Corbett and Susanne Swibold as presented through words and photos. These are preliminaries to the creation of the AMIQ Institute Archives.

We need your help

We are currently seeking financial support to complete the work we have begun with respect to the Amiq Archives. In addition to our formal grant application , we would welcome any additional financial support to help us organize and preserve these invaluable materials (read more...).