Episodes
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Visit Santa Year-round in North Pole, Alaska | INDIE ALASKA
S10 E16 - 3m 53s
It's a celebration of the season all-year-round in North Pole, Alaska. The Santa Claus House is a magical place that gives thousands of visitors from all over the globe a chance to visit with Santa and his reindeer.
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Search and Rescue Airman learns to fly Alaska's tiny planes
S10 E15 - 3m 58s
Staff Sergeant Jasmine Chavez is a Loadmaster in the Alaska Air National Guard stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska where she works with the 211th Rescue Squadron to perform Search and Rescue operations across the state. Years of riding in the back of C-130's and being around aircrew and flight operations helped her when she decided to pursue her private pilot license.
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Meet the Bicycle Baron A cyclist trip around the world
S10 E14 - 3m 5s
Growing up in Japan, Hugh Yamada always had a fascination for bicycles both new and old. But it wasn't until his first year-long bicycle trip from Hokkaido to Okinawa that he discovered a love for travel and a need to take an ambitious step forward.
The Bicycle Baron, as he's known on YouTube, is planning to travel the entire world by bicycle. Starting in Alaska and ending in Japan. -
Inside an ambitious family farm in Delta Junction, Alaska
S10 E13 - 4m 50s
Bryce Wrigley opened The Alaska Flour Company in Delta Junction, AK in 2009 with the help of his family and they have been producing strictly Barley ever since. They plan on continuing in this family tradition and, with thousands of untouched acres ready to produce, they believe that the future of Agriculture will be grown in Alaska.
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I Lived in Whittier, Alaska: A Town Under One Roof
S10 E12 - 3m 6s
Erika Fitzgerald jumped at the opportunity to teach in Alaska after graduate school. She didn't expect she'd be living and working in Whittier, a town where nearly all residents live in the same building, and the only way in and out is through a tunnel that closes each night.
Erika's story was first featured in 2013 and INDIE ALASKA contacted her to see how she felt about her time in Whittier.
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Taking Disabled Kids on Epic Alaskan Adventures
S10 E11 - 5m 29s
Dan Redfield and his wife Kristen Frederic were excited, first-time parents when they had their daughter, Ava. As a young couple with a love for the outdoors, they started taking their daughter on adventures. When Ava was diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, a rare, genetic, fatal disease, taking Ava outside became more challenging. Now he helps disabled families have their own epic adventures.
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Pamyua, Alaska's most famous Inuit band | INDIE ALASKA
S10 E10 - 6m 16s
Pamyua (bum-yo-ah) is a musical group that has gained worldwide recognition. Founded by Inuit Yup'ik African American brothers Phillip Kilirnguq Blanchett and Steven Qacungatarli Blanchett, the group produces music with traditional Yup’ik and African-American elements to create what they call "Inuit Soul." They are also the artists behind the theme song for the PBS Kids show, Molly of Denali.
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A day in the life of a Russian pianist | INDIE ALASKA
S10 E9 - 5m 11s
Russia has a long history in Alaska since the fur trades. One notable member of the Russian Orthodox community in Anchorage is professional pianist, Margarita Merkusheva. Since moving to Alaska from Vladivostok 20 years ago, she's continued to advance her musical career by writing custom music for the Alaska Dance Theatre and giving piano lessons to dozens of families in the Russian community.
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The Karelian Bear Dog: Protecting people and bears
S10 E8 - 4m 11s
Alaskans are used to seeing bears in their neighborhoods. Nils Pedersen and his Karelian Bear Dogs, Soledad, Rio, and Mardy work together to reduce human-bear conflict in Alaska. Nils is the Director of the Wind River Bear Institute, which was founded to provide innovative, non-lethal solutions to complex human-wildlife conflict issues.
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Speed riding: Extreme skiing in the sky | INDIE ALASKA
S10 E7 - 6m 44s
Josh Randich lives a pretty quintessentially Alaska lifestyle. Grind in the summer and play in the winter. And the sport occupying most of his winters these days is speed riding. While the sport has most of its popularity in Europe, it's still relatively new in the U.S. But now, due largely to Josh's influence, the sport is growing in the Last Frontier.
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John's Home Studio: Alaska's Most Underground Music Venue
S10 E6 - 4m 2s
John Larson always had a dream to have his own recording studio, and to work with the vibrant music scene in Alaska.
When COVID-19 hit in 2020, restrictions for music venues left Musicians no where to perform. John saw this as an opportunity to turn his home studio into a livestream internet show every Friday Showcasing Alaskan musicians.
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Could Seaweed Help Save the Planet? | INDIE ALASKA
S10 E5 - 6m 52s
Seaweed and kelp is a billion-dollar industry — one that has the potential to help alleviate the pressures of climate change. Currently, the biggest players in the kelp industry are out of Asia, but Seagrove Kelp Co. in Craig, Alaska is trying to prove that the Last Frontier could be a global seaweed competitor.
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