Anticipating a Future Arctic

There’s a tension long felt by many KNOM listeners: between cherished, traditional lifestyles and the economics of the modern era. “We are living two lives,” said one attendee of a recent Nome conference intended to envision the future of Western Alaska.

From the GM’s Desk (May 2018)

“You are the shoulders we stand on every day,” Margaret DeMaioribus says in the end-note to the May 2018 “Static.”

Alaska Native Leaders Imagine Divergent ‘Arctic Futures’

A conference in Nome last week brought together leaders from Alaska Native communities to discuss the challenges — and opportunities — facing an evolving Arctic.