Ranked #1
Ep. 11: Field Notes: Into the Ghost Forest
Ep. 11: Field Notes: Into the Ghost Forest
At the height of summer in 2021, Ned accompanied University of Alaska Fairbanks ecologist Ben Gaglioti to a ghost forest... Read more
12 Apr 2022
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28mins
Ranked #2
Ep. 10: Thirty Years of Permafrost Research with Vladimir Romanovsky, Part 2/2
Ep. 10: Thirty Years of Permafrost Research with Vladimir Romanovsky, Part 2/2
Permafrost researcher Vladimir Romanovsky, professor emeritus at the Geophysical Institute, reflects on his career and s... Read more
1 Mar 2022
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39mins
Ranked #3
Ep. 9: Thirty Years of Permafrost Research with Vladimir Romanovsky, Part 1/2
Ep. 9: Thirty Years of Permafrost Research with Vladimir Romanovsky, Part 1/2
Vladimir Romanovsky is retiring after 30 years of studying permafrost at UAF's Geophysical Institute. He enters professo... Read more
8 Feb 2022
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47mins
Ranked #4
Ep. 8: From Alaska to New Zealand, the bar-tailed godwit with Dan Ruthrauff
Ep. 8: From Alaska to New Zealand, the bar-tailed godwit with Dan Ruthrauff
Bird biologist Dan Ruthrauff of the USGS Science Center in Anchorage describes the bar-tailed godwit, a bird that every ... Read more
3 Jan 2022
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35mins
Ranked #5
Ep. 7: Calls of killer whales with Hannah Myers
Ep. 7: Calls of killer whales with Hannah Myers
Hannah Myers is a graduate student and a killer whale linguist. She has listened to hundreds of underwater recordings fr... Read more
7 Dec 2021
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36mins
Ranked #6
Ep. 6: Martin Truffer and the surging Malaspina Glacier
Ep. 6: Martin Truffer and the surging Malaspina Glacier
Martin Truffer is a glaciologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. He reports that the Malasp... Read more
2 Nov 2021
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29mins
Ranked #7
Ep. 5: Randy Brown and the Bering cisco, a tasty Alaska fish
Ep. 5: Randy Brown and the Bering cisco, a tasty Alaska fish
Randy Brown is a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Fairbanks. For years, he lived off the land in Ala... Read more
5 Oct 2021
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37mins
Ranked #8
Ep. 4: GI's 75th Anniversary with Roger Smith: Past, present and future of the institute
Ep. 4: GI's 75th Anniversary with Roger Smith: Past, present and future of the institute
Roger Smith is a space physicist who moved to Alaska from London in the 80s. He became the director of the Geophysical I... Read more
14 Sep 2021
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47mins
Ranked #9
Ep. 3: Sherry Shimpson's "Telling Raven Stories," read by Lee Zirnheld
Ep. 3: Sherry Shimpson's "Telling Raven Stories," read by Lee Zirnheld
Sherry Simpson, one of the best descriptive writers in Alaska — and possibly the world — died in 2020 of a brain tumor... Read more
7 Jul 2021
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25mins
Ranked #10
Ep. 2: Seismologist Carl Tape investigates the 1900 earthquake near Kodiak, Alaska
Ep. 2: Seismologist Carl Tape investigates the 1900 earthquake near Kodiak, Alaska
In this episode, seismologist Carl Tape transforms into both historian and detective to investigate the strongest earthq... Read more
2 Jun 2021
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29mins