Encounters North Podcast

Join Richard Nelson on a precarious, rocky perch, smack dab in the middle of Sergius Narrows, a place famous for its roaring tidal current.

Join Richard Nelson on a beautiful autumn afternoon along the Chilkoot River, where a getting-fat-for-winter black bear is feasting on silver salmon.

Join Richard Nelson on a chilly fall morning in Canada’s Yukon Territory, watching and listening to bull elks’ eerie, bugling-whistling calls and impressive shoving matches, as they show off for a harem of females ready to mate.

Join Richard Nelson and a huge congregation of thousands of birds —with trumpeting voices like nothing else on earth—on their fall migration stopover in the interior country of Alaska. Theme music by Outback.

Join Richard Nelson and a fat-for-winter black bear, along a stream swirling with a fall run of coho salmon. In this episode, Richard talks about Koyukon Indian knowledge of black bears—a vast and intricate knowledge, deeply rooted in respect for an animal with a very powerful spirit.

Join Richard Nelson and throngs of swirling, splashing, spawning salmon on one of more than five thousand salmon streams in the Tongass National Forest.

Join Richard Nelson in spectacular Glacier Bay National Park and witness one of nature’s most awesome manifestations of raw, physical power.

On a quintessential Alaskan summer day in Denali National Park, join Richard Nelson, caught between a huge bull moose and a surprise guest. Have a listen and see who shows up!

Join Richard Nelson on a wild, uninhabited island off the coast of Alaska for this very special episode about the pleasures of a deep commitment to one place as home.

Join Richard Nelson and a group of humpback whales bubble net feeding—one of the most impressive, powerful and vociferous activities of any animals in the world.  Episode Update:  Currently only four of the world’s fourteen distinct populations of humpback whales are still classified as “endangered” and one is classified as “threatened.”