Amiq Coast

Amiq is the Unangan name for St. Paul Island, one of the Pribilofs in the Bering Sea. Its shores are breeding grounds for northern fur seals, whose vast seasonal gatherings drew Russian hunters north from the Aleutians. Russian navigator Gavriil Pribylov reached the islands in 1786 and 1787. The fur trade soon brought Unangan people from the Aleutians to work the seal harvest, establishing a community far from their original homes.