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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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Good show, peeps! Let’s get to the point. The Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, AK is a major Alaskan tourist attraction AND an important marine research science center. Alaskans love it. So when it came very close to closing its doors, possibly forever due to the pandemic, Alaskans showed up to raise BIG BUCKS to keep the doors open. But they need more and it’s worth it!
Our guests, Dr. Tara Riemer, CEO/President of the Alaska SeaLife Center and our Science Guy, Dr. Gordon Snyder tell us why. Plus, they make it informative and fun! These science geeks love research, results and discovery. They know a good deal when they see one. They point out the Alaska SeaLife Center is more than a good deal, it’s a treasure!
Check out the podcast with Tara and Gordon – lots of fun. Plus, we even have a Tall Alaska Tale!
Here’s the full show sans commercials.
Check out the Alaska SeaLife Center’s website and their special matching fundraiser in the month of September!
Alaska’s tourism industry took a big hit this year. So we invited our Big Alaska Show Guest Tourist, Henry Lenz, a retired CBS radio engineer who worked with broadcast legends, to come visit us. It’s fun to get to know and appreciate our visitors – and their money ... especially their money! We even celebrated his birthday with a Tall Alaska Tale! (We “forgot” to tell him we win our own prizes!) Author, Lolo Paige, a former firefighter with the Bureau of Land Management, joins us to give a sneak preview of her book, Alaska Spark, plus much more!
Former Alaskan Bureau of Land Management firefighter, Lolo Paige, talks about her book, Alaska Spark!
We’ll have Lolo Paige back to discuss her book once I read it!
In the meantime, you can check it out for yourself.
Big Alaska Show Guest Tourist
Henry Lenz and his cousin Jerry
Henry Lenz shares stories about a remarkable broadcast career with Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather and more! Plus we play Tall Alaska Tales!
Tundra Comic creator, Chad Carpenter, gives us a Tundra Comics update as well as shares a Tall Alaska Tale!
Visit website www.tundracomics.com.
Don’t take our word for it – hear Chad in his own words!
Our Deadliest Catch Myth Buster, Mike Ferris, updates us on commercial fishing in Bristol Bay
Kyle Kaiser and Gary Olson update us on the VIPER Program in the fight against military suicides!
Some say this is Alaska’s state bird! But we have the real story- or is it a no good lyin’ through your tooth Tall Alaska Tale?!
Jeremy and Lynn Gover
We like to welcome our visitors to Alaska who bring in much appreciated revenue.
As we say, “Anyone who gives us money we call friend – the more money, the better the friend!”
Our guests, Jeremy and Lynn Gover from Nashville, TN joined us to share their stories and even two Tall Alaska Tales!
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We’ve covered a lot of different animals – but not hummingbirds. We see them in Southeast Alaska, but not around Southcentral. Dr. Gordon Snyder, our science guy, says that’s changing! Here’s why.
Read MoreWe remember a giant who touched countless lives with her music—and her heart. Interviews, reflections, a Tall Alaska Tale, and more!
Read MoreIn this show, we talk with Bob Bell—a true Alaskan outdoorsman. Stories, banter, a Tall Alaska Tale, and more!
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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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