The Arctic Archives Podcast

1SG Justin Taylor, SSG Travis Hall, and retired SGT Spencer Caudill sit down to share details and stories from V.E.T.S. Outdoors, a moose hunting program specifically for fully disabled purple heart recipients. Learn more about V.E.T.S. Outdoors by checking out their facebook page at the link below or emailing [email protected]://www.facebook.com/share/1Ek2ECBuVW/?mibextid=wwXIfr

In another recording from the historical audio collection of The University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Don Sheldon shares a few more stories including a plane crash due to heavy snow, watching a grizzly bear kill a moose, and a mysterious murder of a mining family near Talkeetna. This recording is part of the Tanana Yukon Historical Society Collection, recording number 76-54-10 in the University of Alaska Oral History Program

In this 1970s recording, bush pilot Don Sheldon tells two stories, one involving a 1965 hunt with an alcoholic and somewhat eccentric millionaire, and another with a plane crash during a fishing trip a little ways from Talkeetna. This recording is part of the Tanana Yukon Historical Society Collection, recording number 76-54-06 in the University of Alaska Oral History Program

Another episode from Sam O. White, this time he talks about a long survey expedition going from Shaw Creek, the Goodpaster and Forty-mile Rivers, the village of Eagle, floating on the Yukon to Circle, and finally walking back to Fairbanks. Sam O. White is interviewed by Neville Jacobs in Fairbanks, Alaska on June 21, 1974. These interviews are part of the Tanana Yukon Historical Society Collection, recording numbers 76-38-02 and 76-38-03 in the University of Alaska Oral History Program.

Tyson Porter from Fairbanks describes a boat crash incident he was involved in and reflects on what he's learned as a fishing guide. He also talks about some of his hunting experiences and whether or not grizzly bear meat is good food.