Posts Tagged ‘Canada’
Yukon Quest Registration Deadline Looms, 25 Mushers On List for 2018 Race
The deadline to register for the Quest is December 1st at midnight, after that point there will be additional fees for interested mushers. February 3rd is the start date of the 2018 Yukon Quest.
Read MoreInuit Delegations Discuss Food Sovereignty, Wildlife Management, ICC Origins at Summit
Inuit people from four different nations focused on food security, wildlife management, and overall unity during a Inuit Circumpolar Council summit in Ottawa last week.
Read MoreStudying Climate Change, Korean Scientists Warm to Western Alaska
A team of South Korean researchers was in Nome during September to study the effects of climate change on Arctic permafrost ecosystems. “What happens in the Arctic does not stay in the Arctic,” one of them says.
Read MoreCanadian Anniversary Voyage Engages Alaskans, Too
A Canadian expedition celebrating the 150th anniversary of the country’s nationhood stopped in Nome last weekend. Canada C3, as it’s called, is traveling by ship around the northern coast from Toronto to Victoria, British Columbia.
Read MoreApril 1982: New stations in the neighborhood
April 11, 1982 This month, Tom Busch and pioneer Alaska broadcaster Augie Hiebert discover plans by the Canadian government to construct new AM stations that would virtually destroy long distance radio reception in the Alaska bush. They research options that will eliminate this threat.
Read MoreOctober 1984: A new class of radio station
October 25, 1984 After nearly two years of lobbying, frequent intervention by Senator Ted Stevens, and five inches of paperwork, the FCC grants KNOM and fifteen other high-power Alaskan stations protection against interference that is beyond what is afforded large Lower 48 stations, by creating a new class of station, 1-N (“N” for north). It…
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