My Amazing Yukon Life

By Daniel Halen

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Episodes: 35

Description

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.

Episode Date
#035 - Growing up in Yukon's Fort Selkirk, with Ione Christensen
Mar 28, 2025
#034 - I worked on the last Klondike YCGC Gold Dredge until it sank in 1966 - "Bino Ficiur
Jan 21, 2025
#033 - Climbing Mount Steele, with Angie Sabo
Jan 10, 2025
#032 - Tales from the Yukon Tour Bus, with Petra Hankinson
Dec 10, 2024
#031 -"The Last Trapper" movie - Based on the real life adventures of Norm Winther
Aug 27, 2024
#030 - Jim Robb - Preserving the Yukon with his "Colourful Five Percent" artwork
Dec 23, 2023
#029 - Frank Turner - From Humble Beginnings to Yukon Quest Guinness World Record Holder
Feb 24, 2023
#028 - Gaby Sgaga - Keeping the Yukon Quest Tradition Alive in Dawson City
Feb 14, 2023
#027 - "Nun cho ga" - "Big Animal Baby" Mammoth Discovered in Klondike Gold Fields
Feb 09, 2023
#026 - The Life and Times of Hank Karr - Yukon's True North Balladeer
Feb 03, 2023
#025 - Hollywood in the Klondike - by author Michael Gates
Sep 08, 2022
#024 - Skymaster Down - Flight #2469 disappears over the Yukon without a trace
Jan 07, 2022
#023 – “A Yukon Game Warden’s Stories” by George Balmer
Jul 02, 2021
#022 – How do you cross country ski your way from the wilds of the Yukon, to the PyeongChang Olympics?
Apr 30, 2021
#021- Balto & Togo - A musical history lesson from the 1925 Diphtheria anti-toxin to the Covid 19 vaccine
Apr 04, 2021
#020 - Memoirs of a 10 year old Donna Clayson. Moving from Dawson Creek to Haines Junction in the mid 60s
Feb 10, 2021
#019 - Garbage Truck Santa - Come ride along with Yukon's one and only Wayne Henderson
Dec 26, 2020
#018 – Exploring the North with ExploreNorth.com founder, Murray Lundberg
Nov 17, 2020
#017 – Piecing Together Yukon’s Rocky History – An Interview with Head Yukon Surficial Geologist, Jeff Bond.
Oct 24, 2020
#016 – The passing of guitar legend Eddie Van Halen.
Oct 10, 2020
#015 – Restoring the Fokker Super Universal CF-AAM aircraft to her halcyon days.
Sep 22, 2020
#014 – Bhangra Dancing in the Yukon with Gurdeep Pandher
Sep 13, 2020
#013 – Keeping Yukon's History Alive and Well. An interview with historian Donna Clayson.
Sep 02, 2020
#012 - Paragliding and Paramotoring Adventures in the Yukon – An interview with extreme outdoor adventurist Boštjan Škrlj
Aug 25, 2020
#011 – A Soaring Desire to start the Yukon Glider Association - an Interview with pilot Uli Klausing.
Aug 12, 2020
#010 – Canada’s Northernmost Life Master Bridge Player. An interview with Chic Callas
Aug 03, 2020
#009 – Yukon Website Designer and Technology Guru, “Doctor” Roger Gillies.
Jul 24, 2020
#008 – Retiring Band Teacher Knows How To “Conduct Himself” After The Yukon – Interview with “Doctor” Keith Todd
Jul 14, 2020
#007 - Flying with Floats - Alpine Aviation with Gerd Mannsperger
Jul 09, 2020
#006 - The Ibex Ridge Hike with Jeff Bond
Jul 02, 2020
#005 - Hauling Heavy on the Demspter Highway & Ice Roads with Dan Throssell
Jun 24, 2020
#004 - Placer Gold Mining with the Mayo Prospector, Lawrence Dublenko
Jun 17, 2020
#003 - Paddling the Tatshenshini River right into the Yukon Sports Hall of Fame with Bob Daffe
Jun 10, 2020
#002 - The Fly Fishing Musician - Don Bishop
May 21, 2020
#001 - Welcome to My Amazing Yukon Life!
May 16, 2020