In this episode, we are talking about what it's really like to live near the Arctic Circle. We talk with Brandon Boylan, my professor for International Relations of the North, about how climate change is affecting Alaska and with Pat Druckenmiller, a paleontologist and director of the University of Alaska Museum of the North.

To learn more about:

• Museum of the North visit their website
• Brandon Boylan visit his website

In this episode, we’re going digging at the Chena townsite with my archaeology class. We’ll talk to Justin Cramb, the professor for the Archaeological Field School course exploring Chena, a town that was abandoned over 100 years ago. Listen along to see what remnants of the human past my classmates and I find. (Hint: Mostly iron nails) -EC

To learn more about

• Chena town site, read this article
• How you can take this course, visit UAF Archeology page

In this episode, you’re coming with me on my road trip to the village of Nenana, where I talk to Chief Tim McManus and tribal administrator Jessica Shaw about life in their village. We also talk to Noelle Iles, the professor of my Economy of Rural Alaska course, about subsistence living and what that looks like in Alaska. -EC

To learn more about:

• Nenana click here