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Alaska Uncovered Podcast Jennie Thwing Flaming and Jay Flaming
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Welcome to the Alaska Uncovered Podcast with your host, Jennie Thwing Flaming. Jennie brings you accurate, helpful and entertaining information about Alaska Travel and Life in Alaska. Guests include Alaska travel experts and Alaska business owners, guides and interesting Alaskans. Jennie is a born and raised Seattleite, a former Alaskan and spends several weeks in Alaska each year. She’s an experienced tour guide, a field editor for the Milepost and the Founder of the Alaska and Washington travel website, Ordinary Adventures. Jennie is joined by occasional co-host, Jay Flaming, her husband for more than 20 years. Jennie and Jay met working in tourism in Skagway, Alaska and also lived in Juneau and Fairbanks together. Jay lived in Fairbanks for 8 years before meeting Jennie in Skagway and grew up in Yellowstone National Park.
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Mendenhall Glacier in 2024 - What you need to know
Serene Hutchinson joins Jennie to share important updates about visiting Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau in 2024.
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Juneau Tours Mendenhall Glacier Tour and Glacier/whale watching combo
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How to Visit Alaska’s National Parks
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Jennie’s article about planning your Alaska National Parks trip
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Why is it a problem for a cold place to get warm?
Rick Thoman, Climate Specialist at the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, joins Jennie and Jay to talk about the unique impacts of climate change in Alaska and around the Arctic.
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International Arctic Research Center - Resources from scientists for real people about climate change in Alaska, online courses
Free online Alaska climate change course
Rick’s climate newsletter
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Exploring Matanuska Glacier near Anchorage with Steve Busby of Greatland Adventures
Steve Busby, founder of Greatland Adventures, joins Jennie to talk about exploring Matanuska Glacier, a wonderful day trip from Anchorage in summer and winter.
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Boring but necessary - How travel insurance can save you in Alaska
Suzanne Morrow from InsureMyTrip (Jennie’s favorite source for travel insurance) joins Jennie to talk about why travel insurance is so important for Alaska travel and she and Jennie discuss specific situations in which travel insurance can save the day.
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InsureMyTrip cruise line vacation protection comparison
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Driving from Pennsylvania to Alaska and back with Pete and Kathleen Dent
Jennie and Jay talk with Pete and Kathleen Dent, about their epic road trip from Allentown, Pennsylvania to Alaska and back in the summer of 2023. This is the second episode of our occasional Alaska Traveler Stories Series.
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Polarsteps - all the details of Pete and Kathleen’s trip
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Music credits: Largo Montebello, by Domenico Mannelli, CC.