ON A 90-DEGREE PLUS STEAMER, THINK OF PETERSBURG, AK

(Ed.'s Note: It's known as Little Norway and is situated along the Maritime Highway along the coast of the Pacific Ocean south of Juneau, Ak. To us heat-weary South Texans, it is just plain beautiful. The photo above is of a creek that is used by salmon to migrate to their birthplace to spawn. Bear often congregate at its mouth and their tracks can be seen lining the muddy banks along the stream. The following is from the city website.) 
"Alaska’s Little Norway was founded more than 100 years ago by Norwegian fishermen. Petersburg was named after Peter Buschmann, a Norwegian immigrant who arrived in the late 1890s and homesteaded on the north end of Mitkof Island. He built a cannery, a sawmill and a dock between 1890 and 1900. His family's homesteads grew into Petersburg, which was populated largely by people of Scandinavian origin. The cannery has operated continuously since its completion. Petersburg is now one of Alaska's major fishing communities.)