EPISODE 91: Alaskan Experience

EPISODE 91: Alaskan Experience

Rik Cumps talks to his great uncle, John Havrelik, about what brought him to Alaska and his experiences working all over the great State. This interview was recorded in the Spring of 2024 as an assignment in Mr. Shumway’s Senior Alaska History Class at Petersburg High School.

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EPISODE 86: A Baby for Christmas!

EPISODE 86: A Baby for Christmas!

Brian and Marjorie Paust have committed their lives to serving Alaskan communities as educators  since the early 1970s.  Their dedication and enthusiasm are impressive, as are their tales of life in the Arctic. In this interview, they speak about their early years in Kivalina, a village on the Chukchi sea, where they opened a high school for local children. They also tell of the birth of their son Nathaniel in Kotzebue during a blizzard on Christmas Eve.

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