Kings of the Bering Sea
Category
Beyond the Layers
Read time
1 min
Last updated
Oct 29, 2025
See what it takes to hunt the King Eider, North America's holy grail of duck hunting, on a remote island in the Bering Sea.
By Ryan Bassham
Photos by Matt McCormick
Almost 300 miles off the coast of Alaska, a 40-square mile volcanic island void of trees and vegetation sits in the middle of the Bering Sea. St. Paul Island, the largest of the Pribilof Islands, is one of the most unforgiving places a waterfowler could hope to visit in pursuit of North America’s holy grail of duck hunting. Somateria spectabilis. The King Eider.
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