North Pacific High Sea

The northern shore of Bristol Bay faces the Bering Sea across shallow waters rich in fish and marine mammals. Near Togiak, herring return to spawn and walruses gather at the islands offshore. Yup'ik communities have long hunted and fished in this coastal country. In 1819 the Russian explorer Korsakovskiy travelled along northern Bristol Bay, visiting Togiak Bay and Hagemeister Island before continuing north toward Goodnews Bay.