A field geologist's life with Joe Kurtak

Outdoor Explorer by Alaska Public Media

Aug 17, 202300:58:58Sports & Recreation

Joe Kurtak embodies a modern day Alaskan. He was raised at a remote mining camp in eastern California, went to college, then came to Alaska in 1971 for a summer job. He quickly fell for everything the Great Land had to o...

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