Ships Crossing an Icy Sea to Bring Fuel to Alaskan Community

For the Geo Quiz we are looking for the name of an icy sea across which two ships are slowly making their way to bring fuel to an Alaskan coastal community.

Why Foreign Students are Hired for Alaskan Fish Processing Jobs

Foreign students come to Alaska under a special cultural exchange visa.

Podcast: Memorizing the Koran and a New ‘Speak English’ Test

A Spelling Bee for Muslim World, a language proficiency test for immigrants to Britain, and Alaskans learn an African language.

Why Sudanese-American Children Are Learning Their Parents’ Language

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Southern Sudanese refugees in Anchorage, Alaska have started language classes for their Americanized children. The classes in the Nuer language help the children connect to their families and their distant homeland. Annie Feidt of Alaska Public Radio Network reports. Download MP3

Northern sled dog race

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We’re running with the huskies for today’s Geo Quiz: The Yukon Quest is under way. 25 mushers and their sled dogs left Whitehorse in Canada’s Yukon Territory on Sunday. They’re headed northwest to Fairbanks, Alaska – 1,000 miles away, as the dogs run. Where’s the halfway point? Download MP3

Gold rush

Today’s Geo Quiz takes us back. WAY back to a time when a gold rush meant thousands of people rushing out west to look for the stuff….

A lively volcano

Alaska’s Aleutian Island chain is home to some of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes, including the one we’re looking for in today’s Geo Quiz. This particular volcanic island roared to life a year ago.

That was bad news for the plants and animals living there. But scientists report signs of life on this volcanic moonscape.

Signs of Climate Change on the Northwest Passage

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A sea at the top of the world figures in today’s Geo Quiz. We’re tracking a Canadian sailor who’s heading through the Northwest Passage. An ice free route across the northern reaches of Canada opened up a few years ago for the first time in memory.