The model maker:A Bristol Bay fisherman and his wife build a worldwide following for their finely crafted miniatures

摘要

During summers, Gary Isaksen is a hard-working Bristol Bay fisherman. The other three seasons of the year, he's an internationally renowned maker of model boats and ships.His careers as fisherman and model boat builder were intertwined from the start.In Isaksen's first Bristol Bay season at age 9, he played with the local Native kids when he wasn't on the boat during an opening.He quickly realized the kids didn't have toys, so he started carving them small boats out of pieces of 2-by-4s found lying around.