St. George Island (the Pribilofs), AK
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High bluffs, St. George Island
St. George island is the smaller of two main Pribilof islands. In the spring and summer, its human inhabitants (the town of St George is home to approximately 100 people year round) are joined by some of the largest concentrations of nesting seabirds known in Alaska. It is also used by Northern fur seals, Stellers sealions, and arctic foxes.

St George is famous for its "HighBluffs", sheer cliffs that rise more than 1,000 feet above the water and are home to many hundreds of thousands of seabirds.

Although they are only 40 miles apart, St. George is closer to the shelf break than St. Paul, and therefore provides seabirds with access to different foraging conditions. This allows us to constrast shelf-break and shelf ecosystems.
High Bluffs on an unsually sunny day, and in the usual fog. St. George Island
St. George Images (top)
Church on St. George I. Red-legged kittiwakes
Russian Orthodox church, St. George Island Red-legged kittiwakes in the fog, St. George Island
St. George from Ulakaia Arctic Fox
The town of St. George from Ulakaia Ridge Arctic foxes strike poses outside dens on High Bluffs
St. George Links (top)
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