On Side 1, C. J. Woofter is interviewed in Fairbanks, Alaska, on January 15, 1947. He came to Fairbanks in 1905 with the U.S. Signal Corps. He talks about the five radio transmitters set up in Alaska in 1906, and the type of radio equipment used at that time. Woofter tells of the discovery by another privateer, James B. "Foxy" Winchester that the audion detector tubes can transmit as well as receive signals. He also relates stories of helping people in dangerous situations through his radio work, including Harold Gillam. Woofter speaks about his active participation in the Fairbanks community. Al Cosleth is interviewed in Fairbanks, Alaska, on August 23, 1947. In 1897 he arrived in Skagway, Alaska, where he ran a restaurant and dealt in horses. From there he traveled and had stints selling lumber and sheep. He prospected on Bear Creek in Dawson, and came to Fairbanks in 1903 following Jujiro Wada's announcement of a gold strike there. Cosleth tells about the layout of the town at that time, and the way people took care of one another in times of need. Cosleth discusses the flu epidemic in Livengood just before WWI and his role in reacting to it.

On Side 2, Arthur V. Buell is interviewed in Fairbanks, Alaska on August 15, 1947. He first came to Alaska in August of 1897, on the Willamette, a coal boat. He worked mainly as a cartoonist at various newspapers, including the Midnight Sun and the Klondike Nugget in Dawson. Buell tells of scrapes that his more "tough" cartoons got him into. Jack London, Rex Beach, and Robert Service are among the northerners he met during his life. Joe Ulmer is interviewed in Fairbanks, Alaska, on June 5, 1947. Living in the Central area, he lists his various occupations as engineering and mining, as well as serving as undertaker and preacher in Central. He came to the U.S. from Germany when he was 19, having read about Arctic explorations, and signed onto a boat sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute in 1897. Ulmer recounts the trip to Point Barrow, and the people living there at that time. He tells of several long trips he's made in the north, such as his 400-mile snowshoe trek up the Stikine River in 1912. He ends by talking a bit about resource development in Alaska.