“An Alaskan Moment” for November 29th, 2021
Download or Stream “An Alaskan Moment” for the week of November 29th, 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:
November 29, 1930 – Operations were suspended at the copper mine at Latouche on the island of the same name.
November 30, 1895 – Peter Trimble Rowe was consecrated as the Episcopal Bishop of Alaska.
December 1, 1894 – The Yukon Order of Pioneers was organized at Fortymile on the Yukon River.
December 2, 1980 – Congress passed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, converting massive tracts across Alaska into National Parks, Wildlife Refuges, and other protective designations.
December 3, 1906 – Frank H. Waskey was seated as the first Delegate in Congress from Alaska.
December 4, 1932 – The public school building at Fairbanks was destroyed by fire.
December 5, 1905 – Roald Amundsen, the Arctic explorer, reached Eagle on the Yukon River after traveling overland from Herschel Island.
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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.
“Along Kachemak Bay” by Mairiis Kilcher.