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Indie Alaska
I am a Volunteer Ski Bum
Season 1
Episode 6
Arctic Valley has been providing Alaskans with grassroots skiing since the 1940s. Sitting next to an old military missile site, the ski area relies almost entirely on its volunteers to stay alive.
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For Virgil and Dawn Campbell, making and selling knives is a way of life.
5:56
The long Alaskan winters, has become the muse for Anchorage artist Speareo Stephens.
4:28
Geppetto's Junkyard is a group of 20 amateur puppeteers living in Haines, Alaska.
3:54
Heather Lende is most passionate about is writing the obituary for her local paper.
4:57
Sean Copeland and Heather Shade created Port Chilkoot Distillery in Haines, Alaska.
4:24
Nathan Dolphin-Chavie returned to his hometown to bring a new culinary experience
3:28
Haliehana Stepetin is a master Alaska Native dancer born in Akutan, AK.
5:26
Alaska has thousands of glaciers, but Matanuska Glacier is probably the most user-friendly
5:21
After surviving cancer, Pudge Kleinkauf decided to spend her life fly fishing.
3:10
Duke Russell captures neighborhood Alaskan life from a unique perspective.
5:08
Nathan Shafer creates augmented reality - a digital overlay on the physical world
4:09
There isn't a whole lot of surfing going on in Alaska. Scott Dickerson aims to change that