Category: Alaska
The Warmest Coat
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Oct15-Prudhoe-Bay-Animals-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Animals that live in extreme cold of course have a heavy blanket of fur or hair to keep them warm. …
Running the Buses Below Zero
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/25Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes the snow blows or the chill sets in and it’s just too miserable to have school. However, here, the…
Headed to Prudhoe Bay on the Ice Road
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/24Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve seen the show Ice Road Truckers, then there’s a good chance you’ve witnessed a part of the story…
The End of the Road in Alaska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/23Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we head north, to the end of the road in Alaska. That means traveling up the Dalton Hwy to…
An Alaskan Dairy
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/22Sep15-Havemiester-Dairy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)This family’s dairy herd is not large when compared to the nation. They joke that to get repairs for their…
The First Farmers to Come to Alaska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/21Sep15-Havemiester-Dairy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some of the first farmers in Alaska came here in the 1930s. They were called colonists and many picked up…
The Most Visited Area of the Fair
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/18Sep15-Alaska-State-Fair-Vegetable-Superintendant-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s the most visited area of a state fair? Here it’s the crops department. It may sound unusual until you…
The Northernmost State Fair
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/17Sep15-Alaska-State-Fair-Vegetable-Superintendant-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about all of us have been to our state’s fair. This year we’re taking you to the northernmost such…
A Five-Time World Record Holder
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/16Sep15-Alaska-Vegetable-Grower-Scott-Robb-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Scott Robb holds five world records. That fact makes him a well recognized man among Alaskan farmers and among those…
The Best in His Category
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/15Sep15-Alaska-Vegetable-Grower-Scott-Robb-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Imagine a record that stood for over a century. That’s quite a mark to be broken, but today, Scott Robb…
Plenty of Hours to Get Things Done
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/14Sep15-Alaska-Vegetable-Grower-Scott-Robb-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Sometimes you might wish you just had more hours of the day to get things done. For a portion of…
The Fertile Farmland of Palmer, Alaska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/18Aug14-Palmer-Alaska-Farmers-Market.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you think of fertile farmland, you perhaps think of a location with deep rich soil in the Midwest. But…
Preparing for the Iditarod
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/08Aug14-Iditarod-Headquarters-Reddington.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some sports not only require thousands of hours of training, they also require a hefty financial investment. For those who…
The Rendevous Theatre
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/10/08Nov13-Rendevous-Theatre.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When hunters and trappers would gather once each season, it was often called a rendezvous. In Alaska and the Yukon…
The Aviation of Carl Ben Eielson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/08/04Sep13-Hatton-Elison-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you live in the states of North Dakota or Alaska and you quite likely have heard of Carl Ben…
Alaska’s Famous Iditarod
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/12/Iditarod-Headquarters.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Some sports not only require thousands of hours of training, they also require a hefty financial investment. For those who…
A Farmer’s Market in the North
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/27Aug09-Palmer-Alaska-Farmers-Market.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.9KB)When you think of fertile farmland, you probably think about rich, deep soil in the heart of the Midwest. But…
Breaking Trails in the World of Sled Dog Racing
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/07/David-Monson-Trailbreaker-Kennel-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 939.8KB)The first Saturday in March is the start of the Iditarod sled dog race. The state of Alaska also sets…
Mushing Dogs All Year Long
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/07/David-Monson-Trailbreaker-Kennel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 941.4KB)Imagine a race that last 8 to 10 days in which each competitor braves extreme temperatures and gets only 1…
Dog Mushing
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/07/David-Monson-Trailbreaker-Kennel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 940.2KB)Although dog mushing races like the Iditarod and Yukon Quest are winter time events, the training goes on year round….
