Alice Qu’s Reviews > Tales from the Edge: True Adventures in Alaska > Status Update

Fish is important to the Alaskan culture and is even sometimes brought to the extreme. "It's the gamble they all take, no fish, no money, no living. And then a glow came to his face. In the end, he lives to be on the water to fish, fishing is his life(22)." Even though people can get killed in fishing accidents, people still join in the frenzy of hoping for the one lucky catch of swimming money.