https://www.outherepodcast.com/episodes daily 0.75 2020-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1523147671584-599O5OJ73L70KJ39LBIU/Out+Here+Logo-SMALL.jpg Episodes https://www.outherepodcast.com/episodes/2020/3/7/introduction monthly 0.5 2020-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583627212237-I6NSMNN51KX57MVIE5FH/DSC06636.jpg Episodes - SEASON II: Introduction Sally Boisvert and her two young children enter one of several high tunnels on her farm outside of Haines, Alaska. During the summer months, Boisvert runs the farm alone while her husband fishes. (Erin McKinstry / August 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583627113467-BJW1LD7PZ608OUWZBBA3/DSC04411.jpeg Episodes - SEASON II: Introduction Scott Mugrage looks out on a field at his cattle ranch and farm near Delta Junction, Alaska. Mugrage and his son moved up from the Midwest after finding their land on the internet. (Erin McKinstry / July 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583713247045-RMNAA6PR9Q6M1DU3KZZH/IMG_1854.jpg Episodes - SEASON II: Introduction The glacially-fed Kennicott River has been breaking mid-winter for the last few years. (Erin McKinstry / February 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583626794331-N11VIYJ2Q5K4XFQOMVZV/DSC04535.jpg Episodes - SEASON II: Introduction Mike Emers stands in a field of marijuana at his farm outside Fairbanks, Alaska. He transitioned from growing vegetables to growing pot following legalization in the state. (Erin McKinstry / July 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583627916437-P4P25J7WCSTI2RKMT6BY/image-asset.png Episodes - SEASON II: Introduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583627014962-4GIVZ9FUCN5VE2Z3NBEB/DSC08196+2.jpg Episodes - SEASON II: Introduction Tenley Nelson feeds her chickens at her farm in Strelna, Alaska. Nelson began advertising her produce for the first time last year. (Erin McKinstry / September 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583627041317-UAHU97QA484JQ46A212T/DSC08350.jpg Episodes - SEASON II: Introduction Some of Tenley Nelson’s garlic harvest for the summer of 2019. (Erin McKinstry / September 2019) https://www.outherepodcast.com/episodes/clearingland monthly 0.5 2020-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1584749106247-3NDF6GMMR3J3C5E3PLB9/DSC07047.jpg Episodes - II.I CLEARING LAND Leah Wagner and her husband Nick Schlosstein own Foundroot, a seed company and market garden in Haines, Alaska. She and her husband moved to Haines to start growing seeds for the company. (Erin McKinstry / August 2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1584748541801-WOA9ENIPN6558PCZPGZ3/DSC05101.jpg Episodes - II.I CLEARING LAND Ina Jones at her peony farm outside of Homer, Alaska. 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The plant is one of many experiments she’s growing in the Arctic. (Erin McKinstry / August 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585942908501-JI2NBXT5W74OQXBLETG0/DSC05571.jpeg Episodes - II.II THE MIXING ZONE Rainey’s five-year-old daughter picks stinkweed. Rainey uses the traditional plant to repel pests in her high tunnel. (Erin McKinstry / August 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585942934362-5YVXD1D2HBI46Q7HK05P/DSC05622.jpeg Episodes - II.II THE MIXING ZONE Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson gives a tour of her high tunnel in August 2019. Some of her plants suffered from the summer’s uncharacteristic heat. (Erin McKinstry / August 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585943263792-7A3XAYXYMEUZ7WSO8R72/DSC05705.jpeg Episodes - II.II THE MIXING ZONE Snow fences on the outskirts of Anaktuvuk Pass. Normally, caribou migrate through the area, but the patterns of that migration are shifting, making many in the village worried about food security. (Erin McKinstry / August 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585943426858-DTA96BD7BYS3EKC2D8SE/DSC05647.jpeg Episodes - II.II THE MIXING ZONE A community member’s garden that Rainey helped install. Part of Gardens in the Arctic is helping people in community grow food for themselves. (Erin McKinstry / August 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585943304064-13T2FTJJPFREZF0NG3L3/DSC05723.jpeg Episodes - II.II THE MIXING ZONE Anaktuvuk Pass is a small village of around 300 people. The Nunamiut community is surrounded by Gates of the Arctic National Park in the Brooks Range. 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(Erin McKinstry / July 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1587447867603-G75AYNHF7EB75C5ZTTK8/Untitled_Artwork-2.jpg Episodes - II.III THE BREADBASKET https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1587449297439-6T9Y70SL6HN57UXY55H9/DSC04411.jpg Episodes - II.III THE BREADBASKET Farmer and rancher Scott Mugrage looks out at one of his fields. He and his son farm 2300 acres. (Erin McKinstry / July 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1587448165079-OARF5JD7W2QEQI92SC8A/DSC04429.jpg Episodes - II.III THE BREADBASKET Smoke from a wildfire rises in the distance above Mugrage Hay & Cattle. The farm and ranch is located in Delta Junction, Alaska. (Erin McKinstry / July 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1587449128668-X1SJYNIWD0NH9AM1P6DT/DSC04666.jpg Episodes - II.III THE BREADBASKET Farm manager Alan Tonne and University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher and professor Mingchu Zhang discuss cover crop trials at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm. The Farm opened in 1906 to test crops suitable for Alaska. (Erin McKinstry / June 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1587449091815-5BL1WQKAKMKAFH9CSL7U/DSC04579.jpg Episodes - II.III THE BREADBASKET Professor and researcher Mingchu Zhang stops for a photo at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm. He does everything from soil testing to teaching classes at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to fertilizer recommendations for peony farms. (Erin McKinstry / June 2019) https://www.outherepodcast.com/episodes/agreenevolution monthly 0.5 2020-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1588620113291-KVH3FBQ9NLZXLMIPYIT9/DSC04515.jpg Episodes - II.IV A GREEN EVOLUTION The entrance to Rosie Creek Farm. The security camera and gate are just two of the investments Mike Emers had to make when he switched from vegetables to pot. (Erin McKinstry / July 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1588619543444-N0VD9OHB2G9N83K8LUC4/DSC04538.jpg Episodes - II.IV A GREEN EVOLUTION All of the weed at Rosie Creek Farm is grown outdoors. Mike Emers grows everything from seed and is developing strains specifically suited for his climate. 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Photo credit: Ian Gyori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1584763224918-UDJ18ENWPCRYGL3FLRXW/DSC06879.jpg Photos The view from the upstairs of Sally Boisvert’s greenhouse at Four Winds Farm in Mosquito Lake, AK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1588625699898-ZXEMHCRSIBP1AXY13CM6/DSC04527.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522432583329-9R6L2GMGTUHC1KWSF3FR/martin+archer+Web.jpg Photos Martin Morrison shooting his homemade bow and arrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1584808381930-6A5OJ9E8AWA9DD3ARW11/DSC07041.jpg Photos A bean on the vine at Foundroot’s farm in Haines, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522431826977-3FBILOYNMXDNII5VHX6A/image-asset.jpeg Photos Mark Vail outside his cabin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1584758904782-XAZV3C99FNGHTL98D2CJ/DSC06777.jpg Photos Sally Boisvert’s two-year-old daughter shows off her onion scepter at Four Winds Farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522436815678-P6F171ANW9D2XY16S5OT/image-asset.jpeg Photos "If you live in what would be a absolute total safe environment where nothing could ever go wrong, I don't know, you lose feeling. 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I feel that it gives me that sense of shutting down the machine for a little bit." -Malcolm Vance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522436713596-5PRIVFCEVBWW0PM2FHSH/image-asset.jpeg Photos A neighbor's dog, Buddy, jumps for a stick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583718362957-56L2ZKZVPGBGHFFGNMSI/DSC07587.jpeg Photos Kevin Irvin of Sundog Orchards had his best apple season ever thanks to the warm weather in summer 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522437468475-1C4QNLJ5X1G5AVF4D3MY/image-asset.jpeg Photos " I think it's interesting to spend some time in an environment where there aren't all those distractions. I think you feel a little more in touch with the realities of your existence." -Greg Fensterman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583718382566-2TW8P93AQJAB6SS85M5Y/DSC04751.jpeg Photos Tenley Nelson of Wood Frog Farm in Strelna, Alaska, grows cabbage to sell, give away and put away for her family for the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522431340198-XPXIKFERM9FZPXH86663/image-asset.jpeg Photos The view out Greg Runyan and Kristin Link's window https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583718387648-86HCIX3JMB5KMWMJDK7B/DSC04309.jpeg Photos Cows line up at Mugrage Hay & Cattle outside Delta Junction, Alaska. (Erin McKinstry / July 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522430855546-Q5N3SHY2N08IFBYIB3OS/ice+cave+Web.jpg Photos An ice cave on the Kennicott Glacier. Photo credit: Ian Gyori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522437066363-PYF7406BQSOR6L4V0E39/DSC_0559+2.jpg Photos "Out here you have a more direct relationship with your survival needs." -Greg Fensterman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1584758737583-X512GOFMN822QNB4UFHE/DSC06993.jpg Photos Buckets of winter squash at Four Winds Farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522436868081-CRN289MDB9IAID7VUE39/image-asset.jpeg Photos "When I first came out here, I only planned to take a summer off and go gold prospecting and the life absolutely agreed with me more than I ever imagined it would. I just never left. There's more adventure out here. Every day is your own." -Gary Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522431028100-2TY8URI9AZFJQ7ZHE321/scott+logging+Web.jpg Photos "The freedom of living out here is really what it comes down to." -Scott Anthony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1588620113291-KVH3FBQ9NLZXLMIPYIT9/DSC04515.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583718383168-P2LZQ4VAKSLX520F28QC/DSC04538.jpeg Photos Mike Emers shows a marijuana plant at Rosie Creek Farm outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928718665-J99UL0YHR2Y0O7SR2YOA/DSC05151.jpg Photos Ina and Speck Jones in front of an outbuilding at their homestead outside of Homer, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928741619-VSW9KOT1C31ON291TABX/DSC05056.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928736502-OUECH6AU4Q195VI9L227/DSC05072.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928724912-NP35BI8FC05E3AUO864N/DSC05137.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928731311-TOQ297QI5LIULBV5DA0Q/DSC05095.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928722612-3IIZ7KU2JY1H35DEVG33/DSC05133.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928725607-ZQ2HT5PHIPNQDBB64TB4/DSC05115.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928728399-F8XZU4CILUSUS8HR9QDD/DSC05110.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928730723-2E6TRN0JF5E0HYS0NU46/DSC05109.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928718262-0T6KUXBJHL1MJ07LDBZG/DSC05161.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928714426-QUHL0EPBDI3VJ5YS5E2W/DSC05167.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522432100079-X3U9VKR268OPN30Z3JCB/image-asset.jpeg Photos Outside my cabin in January. Photo credit: Ian Gyori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583718357466-GOVHVL5FPWSEBR2WI9QZ/DSC07026.jpeg Photos Foundroot sources seeds from non-GMO, open-pollinated seed companies. They also grow their own seeds. All of their seeds are bred for northern climates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928049594-JI82IA6S6WYKPRLXJNYD/DSC04804.jpg Photos Tenley Nelson opens the door to her greenhouse in August 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928056183-VQSCVKHIQFL625QKL5RE/DSC04751.jpg Photos A large cabbage at Wood Frog Farm in Strelna, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928060827-GUW7CFWFUX04Q1ILRK5P/DSC04755.jpg Photos “Everybody told me I can’t grow green beans here. Well, I grew more green beans than I could eat or sell or put-up this summer under a low tunnel in the garden this year,” Nelson said. “And partly that’s because it’s been getting warmer and we had a really hot year, but partly it’s because, I just did it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928034307-5TBSM98YXB5TD1XE0PSE/DSC08275.jpg Photos A slug munches on crops in Tenley’s greenhouse. 2019 was the first summer she found the pests on her farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928035783-JYCT6MXQJ8AL9G1HFLRY/DSC08248.jpg Photos Slug eggs on the underside of a pepper plant at Wood Frog Farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928044188-0HW2EZMTQ2Q1F4SBH9B5/DSC08224.jpg Photos A turkey stands in front of the horses at Wood Frog Farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928055869-4QU5217U57NB7OXWB1AX/DSC04799.jpg Photos Life on the homestead is full of chores. “This was supposed to be temporary summer housing, and it turned into all summer housing,” Nelson said of the camper shell chicken coop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928059457-6BW8H87XLRN7498Q9P13/DSC04740.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1596928042242-PDY4KIXD0OAXDBN6ZC1D/DSC08233.jpg Photos Nelson and her dog walk back from the garden plot toward her house in Strelna, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522430992529-IFQJUNGGC8N0DTRWFKZV/snow+plane+Web.jpg Photos A broken-down bush plane on Gary Green's property https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1588626369262-8Z063DVZJLOAZQJM9OEK/DSC04562.jpg Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522431615814-Y43C5PJDGA6ASTB3OHZM/image-asset.jpeg Photos The Chugach Mountains highlighted behind the mail shack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1583718376239-K8E0PMI95NWNODGZZARG/DSC04911.jpeg Photos Alaska Berries owner Brian Olson walks through his berry farm. He uses the berries to make wine and other products. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1584751222120-FSEAPQSMO834ZGH4YEEM/DSC07068.jpg Photos Leah Wagner holds up recently harvested beans at Foundroot’s farm in Haines, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585943426858-DTA96BD7BYS3EKC2D8SE/DSC05647.jpeg Photos - A NEW MODEL A community member’s garden that Rainey Hopson helped install: Part of Gardens in the Arctic is helping people in community grow food for themselves. (Erin McKinstry / August 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585943416228-BFJPLYMTNRGSH2Y7BG3I/DSC05545.jpeg Photos - A NEW MODEL Rainey prepares a pesto made with basil from her high tunnel and Mashu (also known as Eskimo Potato). She shared the dish with participants in an agricultural workshop in Anaktuvuk Pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585943419038-EZG5QL6RYFHHRM1NPA78/DSC05549.jpeg Photos - A NEW MODEL “People have this vision of old-timey, Inupiaq food of being not as tasty or survival food—that really irks me,” Hopson said. “This can be a modern thing too…You can do all kinds of things with food. And I think that’s really important to bring that forward into now.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585943419466-8T3JQV5N6S4V16EXQH6V/DSC05555.jpeg Photos - IN THE COMMUNITY Participants in an agricultural workshop in Anaktuvuk Pass eat bowls of perviously frozen cloudberries. Rainey says the cloudberries are ripening earlier this year than in the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585943416549-DS03JI9COK5JYNHT0PSM/Chicks.jpeg Photos - IN THE COMMUNITY Rainey’s chicks live inside a small, insulated box in her backyard. She uses chicken poo in her garden as fertilizer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585943426998-V1E0HMH5WYPDCPQKIFBT/DSC05697.jpeg Photos - IN THE COMMUNITY Rainey stands outside her chicken coop in her backyard in Anaktuvuk Pass. She got her neighbors attention when she started growing salad greens all summer long. They wanted to know how they could grow things too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522431699885-A3RL78FNFJ946JHJK9I3/image-asset.jpeg Photos The vehicle bridge over the Kennicott River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522432324009-5YPIVVS39CHPN9KI5MEV/image-asset.jpeg Photos Mark Vail's reading nook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522436692129-44Z12DZ2ROM5MY7O6O1M/image-asset.jpeg Photos A broken-down truck in downtown McCarthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522431969245-1DWC6HF0LV5K6XEI9TRK/three+amigos+Web.jpg Photos Ali Towers, Scott Anthony and their friend Isaac Hinckley pulling their logging sled after cutting down a tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522436846714-FHM88XDJT28FB5W20GSA/image-asset.jpeg Photos Gary Green's cabin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522436777037-UW6YQ3TYKYHEAID2LS5D/image-asset.jpeg Photos The sunrise outside my cabin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585942909396-KJ4E40QM1MGFXMNSXSQP/DSC05568.jpeg Photos - INSIDE THE HIGH TUNNEL Rainey Hopson installed her high tunnel in 2016. She grows everything from tomatoes to potatoes to pumpkins, about 100 miles north of the Arctic Circle. (Erin McKinstry / August 2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585942934362-5YVXD1D2HBI46Q7HK05P/DSC05622.jpeg Photos - INSIDE THE HIGH TUNNEL Nasugraq Rainey Hopson gives a tour of her high tunnel in August 2019. Some of her plants suffered from the summer’s uncharacteristic heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585942908501-JI2NBXT5W74OQXBLETG0/DSC05571.jpeg Photos - INSIDE THE HIGH TUNNEL Rainey’s five-year-old daughter picks stinkweed. Rainey uses the traditional plant to repel pests in her high tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585942924077-T585AJKJRWWSS5QFSXLF/DSC05577.jpeg Photos - INSIDE THE HIGH TUNNEL Rainey’s five-year-old daughter shows off some stinkweed. The plant is used in saunas lower in Alaska and goes by many names. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1585942924128-ES4M5RHGXYGKKGXVQ912/DSC05579.jpeg Photos - INSIDE THE HIGH TUNNEL Rainey pulls back leaves to reveal a ripening pumpkin. 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I want to notice every time." -Laurie Rowland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522431243592-REH9G2GL7ASWSIBE2MSL/image-asset.jpeg Photos Mark Vail's spinning wheel and fat tire bike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522431106195-5UKRKED2X1P24TCN8Y8N/image-asset.jpeg Photos A snow machine track down to the Kennicott Glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522436501223-6O44QZNMYRBUZ15W7PO3/image-asset.jpeg Photos The historic buildings in Kennicott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a67eb21ace86462155b4aed/1522430951942-MSHJJDKLNZO0G30KV0JP/pink+house+Web.jpg Photos "The reason it was called the pink house: Me and my mother and stepdad were partners on it. They bought materials and I did the labor and built it and my mom went and got some paint for it. 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