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- Koala
On a small island off the southern coast of Australia, spend some time with Richard and one of the world’s all-time favorite wild animals.
30 min - Deer and People
Join Richard Nelson along a kelp-fringed stretch of the Alaska coast, with a beautiful Sitka black-tailed deer. Explore the ancient, many-dimensioned relationship between humans and deer.
Deer and PeopleEncounters North29 min - Snow
Join Richard Nelson near Fairbanks, Alaska, tromping through a winter wonderland. Another “lost” episode rediscovered and coming out to play for the first time since 2004!
SnowEncounters North29 min - Hunting
Join Richard Nelson in a snow-blanketed muskeg, as he talks about a winter subsistence activity that’s been going on along the southeast coast of Alaska for many thousands of years.
HuntingEncounters North29 min - Ice
Richard Nelson gliding on a beam of moonlight, out on the lake ice in Southeast Alaska. A rediscovered gem from the very first season of Encounters.
IceEncounters North29 min - Bald Eagle
Join host Richard Nelson and 1,200 bald eagles, taking advantage of a late run of salmon in the Chilkat River in Southeast Alaska.
Bald EagleEncounters North29 min - Polar Bear Traditional Knowledge
Hang out on the far north coast with Richard and some hungry polar bears and learn about the meticulous study of these fascinating animals by Inupiat people, who have passed along and added to this vast body of knowledge over many, many generations.
Polar Bear Traditional KnowledgeEncounters North29 min - Thanksgiving
Celebrate Thanksgiving with Richard Nelson on an island off the southeast coast of Alaska, in this very special episode of Encounters.
ThanksgivingEncounters North29 min - Winter
Tromp through a winter wonderland with Richard Nelson, 60 miles north of the Arctic Circle near Cold Foot, Alaska in the Brooks Range.
WinterEncounters North29 min - Harbor Seal
Join host Richard Nelson on a glorious October day, keeping company with 154 harbor seals on a tiny island off the coast of Southeast Alaska.
Harbor SealEncounters North29 min
About Encounters North Podcast
From the publisher's feed
Encounters: Radio Experiences of the North, with its wildly exuberant and brilliant host, Richard Nelson, first aired on Public Radio Stations in 2000. Since that first show, enthralled audiences have accompanied Richard on his adventures into the heart of nature, from riding a wind whipped spruce tree in an Alaskan gale, to hearing polar bears feast and roar over a pile of whale bones, to listening to the exquisite song of a Swainson’s thrush on the soft air of an arctic evening. Rapt listeners have learned about Native traditions and knowledge of the natural world, and have celebrated the awe and wonder of nature and the interconnections of all life.
The show aired for ten years on public radio—with over 100 episodes. They are more engaging and important than ever.
Brought to you by Encounters North (www.encountersnorth.org), Encounters is a production of KCAW in Sitka, AK. The show is hosted by Richard Nelson and edited and produced by Lisa Busch, with special consulting by Ken Fate. Theme music by Outback.