Aleut regional corporation has so much cool stuff going on, it’s hard to know where to start. Well, in 1783 the Shelikhov-Golikov Company enlisted Unangax̂ hunters to procure sea otters for the Russian fur market, introducing a cash economy to the place that would become the state of Alaska. Then in 1799…
For a more condensed (and up-to-date) report, this month’s cover story “From Scarcity to Abundance” by Jamey
Bradbury describes the new tack for Aleut into energy, retail, finance, tourism, and high tech. CEO Skoey Vergen, a selfdescribed “IT nerd,” is empowering his team to capitalize on assets like the disused US Navy base at Adak, pictured in silhouette with a gleam of potential illuminating the island. The Aleutian region, where the modern world first touched Alaska, is pointing the way into tomorrow.
