Photo Blog - Alaska's Kodiak High School Football Travel
A look at the 35-hour round-trip journey Alaska's Kodiak High School endured with the Seahawks 12th Man flag to play a football game against Alaska's Kenai Central High School.
Kodiak High School, located on the island of Kodiak in the Gulf of Alaska, sits about an hour by air and 12 hours by boat away from mainland Alaska. Kodiak High School's football team plays over half of their 8-11 games per year off the island - a trip that requires a 12-hour one-way ferry ride followed by a 1-5 bus ride to their final destination. The team is seen boarding Alaska's Kennicott ferry with the Seahawks 12th Man flag to Alaska's mainland.
The Kodiak High School football team pose with the 12th Man flag and Captain of the Kennicott, who took the team on a special tour of the bridge as the ship weathered through 15-foot swells while passing through Alaska's Barren Islands.
After the team's 12-hour ferry ride the entire squad boards a bus for a 1-5 hour bus ride to their final destination. In the end, when their 13-17 hour journey comes to a close, it's all worth it to play a game of football.
The Kodiak High School Football team poses on their new turf the Seahawks helped fundraise for.
