My Amazing Yukon Life
This podcast shares the incredible stories of Yukon people with the “outside” world. Sit back and fill your gold poke with nuggets of knowledge, as we pan through stories of desperate struggle, wild adventure, love, despair and untold fortune. Recounted by those with the tenacity, determination and grit to survive and thrive amidst the magic and mystery of Canada's Yukon.
Podcasting since 2020 • 35 episodes
My Amazing Yukon Life
Latest Episodes
#035 - Growing up in Yukon's Fort Selkirk, with Ione Christensen
Growing up in the remote settlement of Yukon's Fort Selkirk during the 1930's and 40's, Ione Christenson's life has been significantly influenced and enriched from the multitude of experiences she embraced since her arrival there as a three yea...
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Episode 35
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1:33:07
#034 - I worked on the last Klondike YCGC Gold Dredge until it sank in 1966 - "Bino Ficiur
"Bino" and Lynda Ficiur struck out from Lethbridge Alberta in the 1960's as young newlyweds to live the Klondike gold mining life of hard work and adventure in the Yukon Consolidated Gold Corporation's "Bear Creek" mining camp, located just out...
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#033 - Climbing Mount Steele, with Angie Sabo
In order to live life to the fullest here in the Yukon, you have to get outside of your comfort zone and experience this place and all of its beauty, danger, and grandiose magnitude up close and personal while embracing both the journey and the...
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Episode 33
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22:36
#032 - Tales from the Yukon Tour Bus, with Petra Hankinson
The need for an efficient mode of mass transit in the Yukon was answered by the all mighty tour bus, bringing not only people, but valuable supplies up the 1387 miles of Alaska Highway starting from Mile Zero in Dawson Creek BC to Delta Junctio...
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Episode 32
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1:42:48
#031 -"The Last Trapper" movie - Based on the real life adventures of Norm Winther
Living in the wilds of Canada's Yukon Territory, Norm Winther has carved his life out of some of the most rugged and demanding parts of the territory, while living each and every day as an authentic trapper. With this diverse lifestyle comes th...
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Episode 31
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56:52