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Arctic Science Journeys Radio (ASJ) is a free service that offers interesting stories about science, culture, and the environment of the far north. Please note: ASJ is on hiatus at the moment, but we hope to bring it back sometime in the future.
Latest Scripts and Audio
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Arctic Lakes Shrink, Disappear (3:00:00)
Lakes and ponds across the Arctic are beginning to shrink, and some have disappeared altogether, as a warmer global climate dries out the northern landscape. Scientists say the loss of surface freshwater across the Arctic portends a dramatic ecological shift that could have long-term impacts on everything from subsistence to weather to ocean circulation.(mp3 audio) -
Alaska's Oil Field Ravens (4:00:00)
Alaska's Arctic coast is a treeless, marshy plain in summer and a bitterly cold, windswept wilderness in winter—not exactly the best place for birds that like to nest high above the ground. But toss in a few oil pump stations, communication towers and other structures, and you create a near-perfect artificial habitat for ravens. (mp3 audio) -
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AudienceArctic Science Journeys is heard across Alaska by more than 100,000 people on more than two dozen public and commercial radio stations broadcast to more than 330 communities, including Alaska's three largest cities, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau. Our goal is to help radio stations broaden their coverage of arctic environmental issues, scientific discoveries, and cultural understanding.
Nationally, the Environmental News Network airs our stories each week. ASJ Radio also is heard on Discovery Channel Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio and Icicle Networks.
Radio stations, production facilities, science websites and freelance science writers use our radio stories as a source of ideas for their own stories. Some of these include National Public Radio's Pulse of the Planet, Discovery Online, ABCNews Online, NPR Science Friday, The Environment Show, and Earthwatch Radio. Finally, several newspapers publish the radio scripts as an Arctic Science Journeys column.
Arctic Science Journeys also has an international following, served by the Voice of America. VOA's worldwide audience is estimated at 100 million, and is served through an international network of 2,000 AM and FM stations as well as short-wave radio.
ASJ AffiliatesKBBI-Homer
• KBRW-Barrow • KCAW-Sitka • KCHU-Valdez,
Cordova, Whittier, Chenega Bay, McCarthy • KDLG-Dillingham
• KDLL-Kenai • KFSK-Petersburg • KHNS-Haines,
Klukwan & Skagway • KIAL-Unalaska • KIYU-Galena
• KMXT-Kodiak • KNBA-Anchorage • KNOM-Nome
• KOTZ-Kotzebue • KRBD-Ketchikan • KRUA-Anchorage
• KSKA-Anchorage • KSKO-McGrath • KSRM-Soldotna
& Kenai • KSTK-Wrangell • KSUA-Fairbanks
• KTKN-Ketchikan • KTNA-Talkeetna • KTOO-Juneau
• KUAC-Fairbanks, Delta, Nome, Glenallen, Healy, Nenana,
Talkeetna, Circle, Denali Park, Circle City, Cordova • KUHB-St.
Paul • KXGA-Glenallen • KXKM-McCarthy •
KYUK-Bethel • KZPA-Fort Yukon • Bering Strait
Record • Discovery Channel Online • Earthwatch
Radio • The Environment Show • Icicle Networks
• Pulse of the Planet • Science Friday •
Voice of America • Yukon News • Discovery
Channel Radio • Sirius Satellite Radio
Kudos
- Bronze
Award, 2000 Agricultural Communicators in Education, Electronic Media
- First
Place, 1998 Alaska Press Club Awards, Reporting on Health and Science
- Second
Place, 1998 Alaska Press Club Awards, Reporting on the Environment
- First Place, 1998 Agricultural Communicators in Education, Regular Program
- First
Place, 1998 Agricultural Communicators in Education, News
- Second
Place, 1998 Agricultural Communicators in Education, Features and Specials
- First
Place, 1997 Alaska Press Club Awards, Reporting on the Environment
- Second
Place, 1997 Alaska Press Club Awards, Reporting on Health and Science
- Second
Place, 1997 Agricultural Communicators in Education, Radio/Regular Program
- Second
Place, 1997 Agricultural Communicators in Education, Radio/News
- Second
Place, 1997 Agricultural Communicators in Education, Radio/Features
and Specials
- Bronze
Award, 1996 Agricultural Communicators in Education, Radio Program
- Bronze
Award, 1996 Agricultural Communicators in Education, Radio Features
- First
Place, 1995 National Association of Government Communicators, Weekly
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University of Alaska Fairbanks
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E-mail: fndgs@uaf.edu
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