ALASKA 2000
I am working on a series of novels about the Saami/Laplander emigration to Alaska in 1894 and 1898. This summer I took a one month trip North to Alaska and Yukon in order to do some research on the subject.
The Last Frontier is still out there! I had a wonderful time during my stay in Alaska and The Yukon!
Interview in "Yukon News", Whitehorse, 7.juli 2000, by Erling Friis-Baastad
You can find lots of facts about this emigration in the documentary written by the Norwegian professor Ørnulf Vorren, title
"Saami, Gold and Reindeers in Alaska" (Davvi Girji, 1989).|
June 23. On board the M/V Matanuska on our way from Bellingham, Washington, through The Inside Passage to Petersburg, Alaska. Tents on deck using Ducktape in order to hold on to the boat. |
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Sunrise at 4 am, coast of British Columbia, Canada. |
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Petersburg, Alaska, is also called Little Norway. Teh city is named after the Norwegian Peter Buschmann, who established a cannery in Petersburg. The coastal line is much like the Norwegian coastal line during summer. |
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Sitka, a nice town on The Baranof Island. Here you can find The Sheldon Jackson Museum, college and library. Mt. Edgecumbe in the background. |
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