Alaska Voices

"I've seen an artistry come out of Alaska, it has changed, the way in which we've articulated in which our resources are important to us and how we've done that through art, and other type of expression, that makes me really hopeful." - Davin Holen

“An actual inch of rain between November and March had only happened one other time in the climate record.” - Eric Stevens

“We landed and when we landed the basin was finishing draining. So the glacier ice where we landed was still settling and cracking, it was very disconcerting.” - Eran Hood

“We asked them if they could tailor their models from the Martian landscape to Earth permafrost landscapes and from there we developed some early calculations of impacts of climate change on permafrost.” - Cathy Wilson

“Once we destroy those natural areas it's very difficult to get them back.” - Emily Fort

“Creating doesn't have to be a scary thing where you have to go into your special corner and turn a light on and turn the world off and think about how awful life is.” - Rebecca Lawhorne

“Droughts and floods I think are the particular climate events that I think we'd be most concerned about.” - John Walsh

“Venetie at one time in the 40s and 50s was a major gardening center and they would trade potatoes and carrots, things like that, they would go down and trade for salmon on the Yukon and supply vegetables and such for the steam boats.” - Lance Whitwell

“I'd spent all of my time learning about cultures around the world and I didn't know anything about the cultures of my own state or the area that I lived in.” - Davin Holen

“And I think positive self talk is the kindest thing you can do to yourself. Being able to say 'It's OK, it takes time.' You know what you need to do, so why not start?” - Dina Abdel-Fattah