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What it's like to go plastic-free in Alaska
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Episode 5
Jennifer Gordon sailed from Seldovia, AK to Mexico on an adventure with her family years ago and noticed how much plastic waste contaminated the ocean. Her and her family started to collect the plastic waste throughout their trip and made it a mission to live a minimal waste lifestyle. She also co-founded a local refillery store, Blue Market AK, to help consumers reuse plastics and containers.
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Wild Scoops ice cream has become a local phenomenon with uniquely Alaskan ingredients.

4:54
Bearded men and women from around the nation come to AK every year for this beard contest.

3:49
Over the years, Luke Bredar has been creating videos of professional skiers across Alaska.

3:43
Al's shrimp photos were first featured on Indie Alaska in 2016, so where is he now?

6:44
The Meyers Farm in Bethel now provides organic produce to residents in Alaska's YK Delta.

2:26
Josh Qagmuk Ahsoak is honoring Alaska native material like fur and baleen with his jewelry

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What do you do when there's nowhere to fly? You make the Alaskan wilderness your stage.

3:04
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.

3:47
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.