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Encounters Mountain Goat
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 28:57
Climb into some pretty sketches places in search of one of mountain goats
This Encounters episode takes listeners to new heights as host Richard Nelson perches on the sheer face of an Alaskan mountain to observe a heard of mountain goats. He explains how these thickly furred, pur white animals elude predators by scrambling around on rugged, rocky ledges high above the waters of Glacier Bay in ALASKA!
Encounters Wood Frogs
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 29:00
Great Frog Sounds
Listen to a rare sound in the Arctic when you follow host Richard Nelson to a wood frog song locale. You'll meet a creature that has the ability to completely freeze in the winter - it's lungs, heart the whole shabang- and then defrost in the spring in time to chirp off a mating call.
Encounters Wood Frogs
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 29:00
Great Frog Sounds
Listen to a rare sound in the Arctic when you follow host Richard Nelson to a wood frog song locale. You'll meet a creature that has the ability to completely freeze in the winter - it's lungs, heart the whole shabang- and then defrost in the spring in time to chirp off a mating call.
Encounters Wildness
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 28:55
What makes Wild Places special?
Sit by a beach fire on a remote island in Southeast Alaska with Richard Nelson as he talks about why wild places are good for our country, our community and our souls.
Encounters Elk
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 28:56
Hear the fall bugling of Elk in the North country
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WHy are Elk emblazoned on belt buckles, chandliers, lighters, t-shirts and blankets? Find out about the fascination with elk in the north country on Encounters. See you there!
Encounters Sealion
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 28:56
Go kayaking in a pod of sealions
You get so close you almost smell their fish breath on this classic episode of Encounters. Richard Nelson goes kayaking with a pod of sealions.
Encounters Wolf
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 28:56
Hear the call of the wild on this unusual Encounters episode!
Wolves, the emblem of all that is wild, are watched and heard as host Richard Nelson watches a family of wolves complete with playing pups from a perch in the Denali National Park.
Encounters Trumpeter Swan
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 28:56
The honking of the Trumpeter Swan is a sign of fall.
The life and times of the trumpeter swan this week on Encounters.
Encounters Rain
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 29:00
Don't worry if your clothes aren't waterproof, your ears definitely are!
Take a walk in the rain with host Richard Nelson as you learn about the importance of this form of precipitation and why it should not have the bad rap it has gotten!
Encounters Erosion
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 29:00
Head to the frontlines of global warming with host Elizabeth Arnold
Kivalina is a small island in the Bering Sea that is experiencing the impacts of global climate change first hand. Head out to this remote and special place with producer Elizabeth Arnold
Venison
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 29:00
Butchering a deer is not red neck
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Look over the shoulder of host Richard Nelson as he butchers a deer. He tells stories of learning to hunt from the Inupiaq hunters he studied under as a cultural anthropologist. This episode gives even vegetarians a new view on hunting.
Encounters Pika
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 58:00
What is a pika?
Climb up a steep hillside in the Alaska Range to find the chirpy pika. It is a hobbit like creature that lives in the mountains. Find out everything you want to know about this guinea pig looking rabbit animal
Encounters Cane Toad
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 58:02
Ever heard of toad busting?
This is the first of the 2010 Encounters Down Under season and Richard Nelson heads out into a humid, Australian rainforest to listen to one of the worst invasive species issues in Australian history. The cane toad spread like wildfire and now folks are looking at ways to get rid of it.... including toad busting.
Encounters Australian Dawn
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 29:13
An amazing morning on one of the world's wildest continents
Experience the diversity of animals and lifeforms as you watch the sunrise on the Down Under continent of Australia.
Encounters Ruffed Grouse
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | 58:00
No, its not a bouncing ball, its a ruffed grouse, one of the most important food birds in the North.
The Ruffed Grouse has a long and checkered history around the nation as being a bird that has been overhunted and also a conservation icon for hunting groups that have worked to restore its populations. In the North, the Ruffed Grouse is an important food for Native Alaskans.
Encounters Black Bear Spirit
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | Part of the Encounters series | 29:00
Bears are scary to us because of their large teeth and their big claws, but in this episode of Alaska learn why Native people have a respect for them that relates to the spirit of the animal
The power of the black bear may lay deeper than its muscle, claws and teeth. Alaska Native people have a special understanding of the spirit of black bear. Travel to Katmai with Richard Nelson and get a very special look at the black bear spriit.
Encounters Solitude
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | 28:59
I want to be alone.... in the wilderness!
Join host Lisa Busch as she discovers what makes solitude in the natural world so special and inviting. She gives a history of alone -ness as she travels to a wilderness area in the Tongass National Forest.
Encounters Volcano
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | 28:57
Head to the Kamchatka Pennisula with Elizabeth Arnold to the Valley of the Geysers
She can't see Russia from her house, but Elizabeth Arnold can experience one of the wildest places in Russia on this edition of Encounters. She heads to the Valley of the Geysers discovered on 70 years ago. It is home to hot spring soaking bears and some crazy geology with an interesting human history mixed in.
Urban Birdwatching
From Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North | 29:00
Anchorage is a city of 350,000 but has some of the best wild life viewing for any city in America
In Alaska,Anchorage is the biggest urban area yet it contains some of the best wildlife viewing in the country - moose, bears, birds, beaver and even the occassional wolverine can be seen from Westchester Lagoon Park. Check out what's cool to see in Anchorage