Unalaska, AK – Fredericka Marten spent a year in St. Paul right before the 1942 evacuation of the Pribilof Islands. Her husband was a doctor, and she followed him there partially to escape the East Coast heat. In 1946, she wrote a manuscript about her experiences there, but it hasn't published until now. Ray Hudson has restored and edited the book, and it's being published under the title Before the Storm by the University of Alaska Press.

Hudson is also the author of , and he lived in Unalaska for 25 years