I'll Ask An Alaskan is a human interest series of six 3 1/2 minute episodes featuring real life first-hand accounts and stories from Alaskans, both Native and non-Native.

Episode 5: Cassier

If you ever visited the rainy, cool Homer spit, you probably couldn't help but notice what looks like a pirate ship permanently settled along the lagoon. It's a houseboat, owned by Cassier O'Neill Cousins. It's actually an old WWII ship her family built a house on top of with old logs they hauled from a nearby saw mill. Cassier says her father had many ideas for the boat, including a miniature golf course and an old boat museum, before eventually making it into the place where she grew up.