Shishaldin in Alaska is a remote volcano by any standard. Less than 200 people live within ~60 miles of the edifice in the middle of Unimak Island, you'd be hard pressed to find many people who have seen the picturesque stratovolcano with their own eyes. Yet, like many things that might seem distant and unimportant, eruptions at volcanoes like Shishaldin are well worth noticing and monitoring thanks to the paths we have created around our planet.
Turns out that Shishaldin may have been more noticed than we might think. Its Aleut name (Sisquk) means "mountain which points the way when I am lost" and the nearly perfect cone definitely stands out in a crowd. These days, few people frequent the area near the volcano ... with one major exception.
