Travel – Alaska Voices

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Finding nature and ourselves in cities

September 17, 2020

Rick and Naomi put their heads together and smile in front of a mountain and streams.

“I’m definitely interested in expanding access to nature because I do think it’s really important for mental health and spirituality and physical health.”

Building bridges with sea ice

September 7, 2020

Two women smile in front of a close-up picture of a snowflakeʼs ice crystals.

“I think as humans, especially when it’s in our backyard, we want to feel like we have a process, that we have ownership in that, and we have agency to make our voices heard.”

Surveying Alaska after World War II

August 10, 2020

Krista and Dietrich, a young woman and an older man smile in front of a blue ice berg background.

“The person that owned that had no requirement to say hey there’s a big ice lens under here, don’t build your house there.”

Fireside chat

July 20, 2020

Kent and Scott smile in front of a snoy mountain.

“The key for us is being able to justify and ground decisions in good science.”

Bringing global experiences back home

June 22, 2020

Krista, a woman with pulled-back dark hair, and Arlo, a man with two lip piercings wearing a beanie, smile in front of a blueberry bush background.

“We were in Georgia, the Republic of Georgia, when they were being bombed. And all we had to eat for like six weeks straight was kasha, buckwheat.”