With his new invention, a Sitka baggage handler hopes to prove that the hard work of loading airline baggage doesn’t have to be harmful.
Alaska Made
Alaska Made: A new rule makes this easy-to-build gadget a required kit for the tackle box
A Ketchikan band has a rap song about rockfish recompression. And you’d better listen up, because their easy-to-build gadget will soon be required by regulation in Southeast.
Alaska Made: Tonkin cane, silver spoons and the ultimate fly rod
Jon Lyman of Juneau only makes a dozen bamboo fly rods each year. That’s because of the long and meticulous work that he puts into this handcrafted art.
Alaska Made: Sea otter pelts are highly prized, tightly regulated
The sea otter population in Southeast is growing steadily. Alaska Natives are allowed to work the pelts in traditional ways, but production is constrained by regulations.
Alaska Made: There’s only one Christmas tree farm in Alaska. It’s on Kodiak, and it’s thriving.
Many of the favorite commercial decorative species don’t grow naturally this far north. So a family of Kodiak farmers decided to take on the challenge.