Field Trip · The Washington Post

Gates of the Arctic National Park

July 19, 2023·1 hr 1 min·4 clips
A three-year-old John Giedecke stood in the cold watching protesters burn Jimmy Carter in effigy in Fairbanks, Alaska.
A seaplane lifts off into rain and fog.

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A remote park story that makes the road fight feel immediate and unresolved.

Field Trip treats Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve as a place shaped by distance. A seaplane, rain, fog, spruce trees, and the lack of any road or hiking trail give the episode an immediate physical edge.

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Why you'd press play

You want the road fight to feel tied to the land itself.

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