Savoonga

On the northern shore of St Lawrence Island, the ancient village of Kukulik stood near the place later known as Savoonga. Its great mound of accumulated remains marks generations of life beside the Bering Sea. Yupik islanders hunted walrus, seals and whales in waters shaped by seasonal ice, using boats to reach the animals on which their communities depended. The island’s villages formed part of a world connected with both sides of the Bering Strait.