Send us a text Arctic Adventure by sailboat has been a longtime dream of American Arctic explorer, Lonnie Dupre. Lonnie has been an Arctic explorer by dogsled, ski, and canoe for decades and is also a film maker documenting the impact of global warming on Arctic environments. His award winning movie, AMKA~One with a Friendly Spirit , shows his connection and his love for the Arctic and Arctic people. Today's interview with Lonnie was a week after he and his partner, Pascale Marceau and two crew ...
Apr 18, 2025•30 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Send us a text On January 12, 2025, Anchorage's Ted Stevens International Airport experienced high winds and severe turbulence that made it very difficult for landing aircraft. Lake Hood was temporarily closed and most of all other air traffic was diverted to Fairbanks International Airport. A heavy 777 Korean Cargo plane had to execute 3 missed approaches before safely landing. The teamwork of the air traffic controllers and pilots, who depend on information from weather models and wind data, c...
Apr 16, 2025•38 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Send us a text Today's conversation is with climatologist Brian Brettschneider. Recently, Brian was chosen for a new role for the National Weather Service of Alaska as "Senior Climate Scientist" and is a passionate communicator about expanding climate awareness. Topics include: weather forecasting, data & development of evolving technologies, La Nina Winter 2024 predictions and the teamwork of NWS with the FAA in improving weather forecasting. Weather data is key component for weather foreca...
Nov 27, 2024•51 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Send us a text Today's conversation is with climate specialist, Rick Thoman. Topics discussed include climate impacts on caribou herds of the Arctic, The Arctic Report Card 2024, Arctic ERMA, CAPRI, and the challenges Arctic communities face as marine traffic increases in the Arctic. Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at IARC’s Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP). Rick is a contributor and editor of the Arctic Report Card and was also awarded NOAA Distinguished Career Award fo...
Nov 26, 2024•42 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Send us a text The Arctic Encounter Symposium celebrated it's 10th year in Anchorage, Alaska at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center. Arctic leaders, policy makers and creatives gathered from April 10-12th, 2024 to discuss challenges and successes of the today's current events in the Arctic. This episode is about the importance of empowering storytelling of the Inupiaq and how their youth need positive role models that embody the values and traditions of their people. Podcaster, Alice Glenn ...
Apr 12, 2024•17 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Send us a text The Arctic Report Card is an annual report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA). The efforts of scientists and climate specialists to create this robust scientific report every year is impressive. The amount of work contributed to this scientific document is extremely important in documenting climate change in the Arctic, which is warming at an alarming rate. Today's episode is a conversation with Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at IARC’s Alaska Cente...
Jan 18, 2024•35 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Send us a text Lonnie Dupre is a polar explorer and mountaineer who has spent considerable time in cold climates. Over a span of 4 decades, Lonnie has witnessed tremendous changes of polar regions of the world due to global warming, including Greenland and Alaska. While Lonnie is mostly an adventurer, he is also an advocate for spreading the awareness of global warming. Recently, the film AMKA , meaning "one with a friendly spirit" in Inuktun was released. This heartwarming film is a story in wh...
Dec 18, 2023•46 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Send us a text At the end of August, 2023, Alaska has been seeing some record continuous rainfall in Anchorage while South Central Alaska is experiencing flooding. Today's conversation with Climate Scientist, Brian Brettschneider, we discuss observations and challenges of the information age where people get overwhelmed by weather overload. While climate change can cause grief and despair, there is hope in how humans are working to overcome the challenges. This episode includes what the summer h...
Sep 01, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Send us a text The Arctic Encounter Symposium, 2023 has been completed! After tremendous teamwork by event organizers, Rachel Kallander and Jackson Blackwell and staff, this year's Arctic Encounters Symposium was hugely inspiring. It was held March 29-31, 2023 at the Dena'ina Center in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. This episode brings you to the wonderful voices and sounds of this year's speakers, including indigenous leaders and people passionate about the Arctic. The theme of mentoring and "Who ...
Apr 07, 2023•23 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Send us a text The Arctic Report Card is an annual report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA). The efforts of scientists and climate specialists to create this robust scientific report every year is impressive. The amount of work contributed to this scientific document is extremely important in documenting climate change in the Arctic, which is warming at an alarming rate. Today's episode is a conversation with Rick Thoman, a climate specialist at IARC’s Alaska Cente...
Jan 25, 2023•33 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Send us a text Eaglecrest Ski Area on Douglas Island near Juneau, Alaska hosted it's first IFSA Freeride Ski Event in March, 2022. This episode is conversations with IFSA Judge, Joe Turner, Eagle Crest Freeride Head Coach, Kevin Stell, and Eaglecrest General Manger, Dave Scanlan about the exceptional skiing of Junior Freeriders who travelled from all around the country to compete at Eaglecrest .. a new stop on the IFSA Freeride Junior Tour. For more information: IFSA https://www.ifsa.org EagleCr...
Apr 12, 2022•10 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Send us a text Danial Doty has been working for Talkeetna Air Taxi for 19 years as a mechanic pilot. She enjoys working on the Turbine Otter as much as numerous challenging flying missions of South Central Alaska. She can multi-task with the best of them and when not flying or fixing aircraft, she can be seen fishing off the float plane with her son and Alaskan huskies. Support the show You can visit my website for links to other episodes and see aerial photography of South Central Alaska at: ht...
Nov 15, 2021•8 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Send us a text The Turbine Otter is not only the favorite airplane for glacier landings and expedition support in the Alaska Range, it has flown life stock from Talkeetna, Alaska to the Big River, which is on the other side of the Alaska Range. The Alaska Range Homestead, a horse farm in Big River has slowly been growing it's Icelandic horses, one foal at time. Listen to veteran Alaska Range Pilot, Paul Roderick of Talkeetna Air Taxi, share his stories and knowledge of the air cargo visit unique...
Nov 05, 2021•11 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Send us a text COP26, Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Glasgow, UK is underway November 1-12, 2021 with scientists and climate change experts discussing solutions for climate goals to cut greenhouse emission, including methane. Today's guest are Daphne Wysham, CEO of Methane Action.org as well as clips from the COP26 presentation, "Beyond Cutting Methane Emissions: Why We Need to Enhance Atmospheric Methane Oxidation. Speakers includ...
Nov 02, 2021•21 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Send us a text The Turbine Otter has become a widely used aircraft in Alaska for it's sturdiness, reliability, safety and performance. Today's episode, we talk with three Alaskan air taxi and lodge business owners about their coveted aircraft and how it came to be the 'Turbine Otter'. Interviews include: Paul Claus of Ultima Thule Lodge, Suzanne Rust of K2 Aviation and Talkeetna Air Taxi's Paul Roderick. There will be a part II of the Turbine Otter story, in which includes how one operator trans...
Nov 02, 2021•11 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us a text The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum has grown into one of the nation's most popular maritime museums with an evolving floor of exhibits, virtual fishing, maritime history, a lighthouse lens, and world renowned speakers in it's in-house theater. Santa Barbara's George Writer has devoted a tremendous amount of time in the development of many of these attractions, including the Honda Tragedy Exhibit. The Honda Tragedy was the worst peacetime maritime disaster in the history of the US N...
Aug 25, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text Earth Week in Alaska is a special time to celebrate Mother Earth. This week's guest is Javier Robinson, who is well known in Anchorage for his incredible flower gardens and airbnb, Arctic Garden Suite. https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/23048042 With Earth Week and summer season upon us, check out aerial photography of Alaska's four seasons on my website as well as original nature inspired artwork. As a pilot photographer with a Super Cub, my passion is sharing the bird's eye view with ...
Apr 23, 2021•7 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text Springtime in Alaska comes alive with people celebrating the return of the sunshine and lots of outdoor sports, including dog mushing. On March 7th, 46 dog teams departed Deshka Landing near Willow, Alaska and headed for the first checkpoint of Skwentna. As a flying reporter, my daughter and I headed out from Talkeetna, Alaska and flew to a small airstrip of Skwentna to look for the first dog teams. While we arrived a bit early to see the teams, our day was shaped by good Alaska f...
Mar 17, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text Conversation with Rick Thoman, a Climate Specialist of Alaska Center Climate Assessment and Policy of University of Alaska Fairbanks and Brian Brettschneider, Research Scientist with National Weather Service Alaska Region. This interview was recorded on January 8th, 2021 and follows a previous episode of All Cooped Up Alaska, "Alaskan Weather Forecasters, Rick Thoman and Brian Brettschneider~Top 3 Alaska Weather Events of 2020 & Conversation about Technology". Thanks to Rick a...
Feb 06, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us a text As Steven Thompson winds down his career of forty years as owner/operator "Artistic Framing", his daughter, Amanda Faith Thompson is building her budding career as an artist located in Anchorage, Alaska. Amanda grew up accustomed to measuring frames, building creations out of scraps in her father's frame shop. Now her kids get to share the fun and knowledge of the framing business while they also encourage Amanda with her own art business. Amanda paints landscapes of Alaska, wild ...
Jan 27, 2021•12 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text As we roll into 2021, Climatologist Rick Thoman and Brian Brettschneider talk about the top 3 weather events that occurred in Alaska in 2020. Rick Thoman is a Climate Specialist for the Alaska Center of Climate Assessment and Policy at University of Alaska Fairbanks. Brian Brettschneider is a Research Physical Scientist with the National Weather Service Alaska Region. In this conversation, we also discussed the role social media plays in gathering weather information, as well as t...
Jan 13, 2021•11 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Send us a text Alaska Public Media New's Director, Lori Townsend has been a prominent voice in Alaska since 2003. Townsend has another voice of fiction and has released her third book, "Operation Wind Storm: Manifest Destiny meets the Green Revolution". Today's interview coincided with her birthday. Listen to Lori talk about what motivates her in creating her heroine character, Zilla Gillette, a spunky and brave journalist. You can reach Lori on her Facebook Page: Lori Townsend~Author and order ...
Dec 28, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text It's December 11th and we are approaching winter solstice. Alaskans love this landmark as we are in the long nights of winter. In this episode, we talk about what Alaskans do to fill their cups in the long winter nights. Thanks for tuning in to All Cooped Up Alaska! Katie Writer You can see my art and photography on website below. Get 15% off your order for limited time. Code in checkout: podcast15 Free 2021 wall calendar for orders $150 or more. https://www.katiewritergallery.com...
Dec 11, 2020•5 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text Climatology continues to play a huge role in the education and preparation for Alaskans in a changing climate. Rick Thoman tried to retire a couple years ago, but finds that his passion for all things climate keep him working with the scientific community. After receiving an honor of the 2020 NOAA Distinguished Career Award for Professional Achievement, Rick continues to share his knowledge with his colleagues, including Brian Brettschneider of Anchorage. PhD Climatologist and Env...
Oct 24, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us a text The history of Alaskan heroes goes far and wide in this vast state. One particular legend is a woman named Mollie Boyer of Palmer, Alaska. Mollie is the RECYCLING GURU of Alaska. For those who have had the privilege of meeting Mollie, she has an unforgettable smile and spirit that fills any room with her immense knowledge of all things recycling. In 2019, Mollie retired after 22 years of devotion to the founding and growth of VCRS in Palmer. She retired early due to cancer. Still,...
Oct 14, 2020•14 min
Send us a text Since the first episode of All Cooped Up Alaska on March 23, 2020, there have been numerous topics covered on this fun, uplifting and informative Podcast that aims to keep your spirits up during a pandemic. Thanks to all of you listeners who have been tuning in to All Cooped Up Alaska, we have just about reached 1000 downloads. There will be more exciting episodes. In addition to being a Podcaster, check out my aerial photography and original artwork on the webpage, Katie Writer G...
Sep 29, 2020•2 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Send us a text This episode is about observations of climate change in Alaska, which is known for its' challenging weather for pilots and remote airports. The FAA webcam program that was once a graduate student's dissertation has become a cornerstone to increasing safety and efficiency for pilots in Alaska and Canada. The data used from airports also has become reliable information for the study of climate. Climatologists, pilots and aviation are working together to better understand how to effi...
Sep 18, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text Living with out live music is not really living. Musical and talented, Jaimie Branch, Jason Ajemian, and Butchy Fuego decided enough was enough! This pandemic was making live music events almost impossible to hold safely...but there were solutions. A floatilla concert on Christiansen Lake of Talkeetna, Alaska where the band was on a floating stage made of float plane pontoons. The whole town showed up(almost) with their own boats where everyone could social distance and watch thes...
Sep 10, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text Being a professional photographer has been a lifetime passion for Jim Livingston. He picked up a camera at age 14. While Jim has been honing his craft for four decades, he has filled the shoes of various careers, including serving others as a social worker and practicing law. Jim studied photography at Amarillo College. Currently, Jim's passion for his art/photography business is not only his love and joy, his work continues to inspire others. Panhandle Magazine and Accent West ar...
Aug 31, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text Art and creative expression have long been known as a therapeutic remedy since ancient times. This podcast speaks with two talented artists who are both teachers and creators of art for the greater good of society. Bekah Mathiesen has dual degree in Art Education and Printmaking from Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. For 7 years, Bekah taught Art at Talkeetna Elementary School for 7 years before going to Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico for multiple master d...
Aug 03, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 14
