“An Alaskan Moment” for December 6th, 2021
Download or Stream “An Alaskan Moment” for the week of December 6th, 2021.
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Welcome to
“An Alaskan Moment”
A “moment” is a measure of time… 90 seconds.
“An Alaskan Moment” lasts a little longer.
Sometimes twice as much.
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This week in Alaska History:
December 6, 1907 – Fire started in the Model Cafe at Fairbanks, burned it, a drug store, and a men’s clothing store.
December 7, 1960 – The Arctic National Wildlife Range was created by the Secretary of the Interior.
December 8, 1741 – Vitus Bering, homeward bound after his discovery of Alaska, died on what is now Bering Island in the Commander Islands.
December 8, 1960 – The Lazy Mountain Children’s Home near Palmer was destroyed by fire.
December 9, 1937 – Benjamin B. Mozee was issued a commission as U. S. Marshal for the Second Judicial Division, at Nome.
December 10, 1910 – The steamer Olympia was wrecked on Bligh Island in Prince William Sound, a total loss.
December 11, 1938 – The M/V Patterson ran ashore 8 miles west of Cape Fairweather, a total loss.
December 12, 1957 – The Coast Guard Cutter Storis arrived at Juneau after traversing the Northwest Passage around North America.
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“An Alaskan Moment” is produced at Aleutian Peninsula Broadcasting in Sand Point
Music by Paul Holmberg
With help from you, the supporters of Public Radio.
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Now for your poem.
Today’s poem is found on the phonograph “Centennial Collection of Alaska Poetry”, produced by the Anchorage Centennial Commission, 1967.
“Chickadee Canapes” by Mae Long Martin