Escape to Port Protection, Alaska - Salmon Summer Solstice PART 1

Chef Ellard goes to Port Protection, Alaska for the Summer Solstice to explore the edible wilderness of Alaska's Southeast. Salmon fishing, clamming, beer brewing, crabbing, music making, and interacting with the locals on this four part Port Protection adventure. Chef Ellard met Mike "Jiggy" Nichols and his partner in crime Gail in Hawai'i. They invited Ellard to come to Port Protection to film the annual Summer Solstice Festival. Ellard stayed for 2 weeks and filmed the Solstice Festival and captured a lot of the amazing seafood available on the island. On this first episode, Ellard drops into Petersburg where Mike and Gail pick him up in the Longshot. First they stop to explore an iceberg and get ice for their drinks. Next they launch on an 8 hour boat ride to their destination on Prince of Wales Island - Port Protection. On the way they pull up a crab pot full of Dungeness Crabs. Once in Port Protection Mike and Gail take Ellard clamming and they eventually have a crab boil on the beach where Ellard meets Amanda "the Red Foxx" Bakar who appears in all 4 episodes to help guide chef Ellard around Port Protection. SUBSCRIBE to our Channel for more Port Protection Videos http://bit.ly/CETV-subscribe Check out our Website for Recipes, News, Blogs, Merch http://www.theculinaryedgeTV.com