Saturday 19th July, Fairbanks: more earmazing feats from WEIO

  • 3 interviews:
  • An Alaskan trapper and his wife. Traps pine marten. Married 48 years. Very in love. Her advice: don’t ever try to organize his stuff!
  • A world champion, Alaskan dog musher. Sadly on her own (husband fishing – very Alaskan). 51 dogs in her kennel. She races in all the major dogsled events every year. Won the Yukon Quest – the toughest of the 1,000 mile races through the wilderness. (Wo)man and dog. And miles and miles and miles of snow.
  • Native Alaskan couple. Married 58 years. She’d won gold trophy for Seal Skinning.
  • More WEIO: MORE EARS. Is there nothing they won’t put their ears through?
  • The Ear Weight final. 16 lbs of lead weights carried by ear alone. Seal hop final.

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