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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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5:34
Alaska introduces legal cannabis cafes and industrial hemp farms with health in mind.

4:32
Meet Mek, a Siberian Yupik artist in Anchorage who is revolutionizing Alaska fashion.
Milena Sevigny discusses how seed libraries are helping gardeners in Alaska.

10:49
After an accident in 2010, lifelong skier, Ira Edwards was forced to reevaluate his life.

6:59
The story of Syun-Ichi Akasofu and his studies of the aurora borealis.

6:52
After a tragic loss, Angelique Echols finds community and bungee jumping in Chitina, AK.

5:49
Jeepney Filipino-Hawaiian Fusion Food strives to establish Filipino and Hawaiian culture.

3:07
We reunite with Kastle Sorensen since her story in 2014 when she won Cupcake Wars Season 9

6:13
Meet Michael, the bartender at the only saloon to still exist inside a U.S. National Park.

4:40
Tank Hardrick tells his story living in the South and foraging with his family in Alaska.
What happens when a passionate skateboarder suffers an injury and can't skate?

3:27
With 6,640 miles of coastline, water taxis are a vital part of Alaska Transportation.