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Crochet's comeback: A Siberian Yupik's modern twist
Season 12
Episode 3
Meet Mek, a Siberian Yupik artist in Anchorage who is revolutionizing the world of fashion! Through an amazing talent for crochet, Mek has created some of the most stylish balaclavas, scarves, and crop tops with a modern twist.
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Meet the six women who have a unique passion for the Giant Cabbage Weigh-off at the fair.
3:35
Nasugraq Rainy Hopson is teaching people above the arctic circle how to grow produce.
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Holly Nordlum and Sarah Whalen-Lunn are Traditional Inuit Handpoke and Skin Stitch Artists
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Mary Lou Sours is an Inupiaq woman determined to revive the tradition of sewing mukluks.
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Lonnie Arnold and many Inupiat Alaskans still depend on traditional subsistence methods.
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Lorri Wright weaves cloth for the local Rennaisance Faire but it also helps her anxiety.
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Paula and Mike live off the grid where they grow peonies and ship them around Alaska.
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Marta uses images of the Alaskan wilderness to create unique pottery and her own business.
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A close community of skateboarders is growing in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Hugh and Iris Darling run Sweet Darlings-one of the oldest candy shops in Alaska.
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Matthew Burtner uses the sounds of snow, glaciers, and wind to compose abstract music.
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Luc Mehl is able to experience things in Alaska few others can, thanks to his packraft.