In Alaska you can walk out your back door and embark upon an epic outdoor adventure. We live for hiking, mountain biking, bore tide surfing, skijoring, snow machining, aurora gazing, dip netting, pack rafting, berry picking, moose encountering feats. We hold dear the special places we do these activities. The opportunities are endless as well as the risks.
On Outdoor Explorer, we invite you to step outside into Alaska. Follow us to a new trail or fishing hole, learn what to pack, when to go and most importantly, how to stay safe. Learn about lifelong fitness and get inspired to go outside in the back country or on the bike trails.
We will learn about Alaska Native subsistence ways of life, as well as sport hunting, fishing and more. We’ll hear from the people who know the land best – outdoor guides, park rangers, coaches, authors, lodge owners, bush pilots, educators, and you, the outdoor explorer.
PRODUCER: Eric Bork
Email: bork [at] alaskapublic [dot] org
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book or planning the next place he’ll travel to….to ride a bike. Only two continents left to conquer!
MUSIC: “Got It All” (open) and “Sleep Forever” (close) by Portugal. The Man. Watch the Sleep Forever music video featuring Wasilla grown, lead singer John Gourley mushing in Alaska.
LISTEN LIVE: Thursdays 2:00 – 3:00 pm (LIVE) Alaska Time, repeating 8:00 – 9:00 pm on KSKA the following week.
WHERE TO LISTEN: KSKA Anchorage FM 91.1, Girdwood FM 91.9, Seward FM 88.1, outdoorexplorer.org or subscribe to the Outdoor Explorer podcast
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