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Annette Vrolyk with the American Cancer Society and broadcast veteran, John Thiompson, join us to talk about the 40th Anniversary for the Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward. John and Uncle Steve will be MC-ing the January 18th event.
Plus, we talked about John's broadcast career and even have a Tall Alaska Tale!
Polar Bear Jump Off 2025 Information:
https://www.seward.com/event/seward-polar-bear-jump/113/
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10 years ago Christie jumped at the Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward in memory of Joe Krones' brother, Jimmy. Christie never knew Jimmy or the Krones family. But that's the heart Christie has in the fight against cancer and why she's raised about a quarter million dollars over 21 years of jumps!
Today's show Christie and Joe meet for the first time.
Christie is from Homer and on the rescue team for sea otter and seal pups.
Joe lives in Oklahoma City and is a Barbershop Quartet International Gold Medalist.
Such diverse lives with one thing in common - the Polar Bear Jump Off and the fight against cancer!
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It means something extra when Kim Carlson has attendst he annual Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, AK, as she has done for ten years—raising tens of thousands of dollars. She has dedicated her jumps, first to her mother, who was lost to cancer, and subsequently to other victims and their families.
It was a packed house and a packed show of fun! Alaskans and Texans- in the same room! Only on the Big Alaska Show can such a combination co-exist in the same room.
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