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Pete and Renee Merry are interviewed by William Schneider in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 29, 2002 [sound recording].
Title:
Pete and Renee Merry are interviewed by William Schneider in Fairbanks, Alaska on October 29, 2002 [sound recording].
JLCTITLE245:
[sound recording].
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 audio cassette (ca. 90 min.) : analog.
Series Title:
National Park Service collection - Gates of the Arctic
General Note:
Typed summary available in Oral History office. This interview is copyrighted by the Oral History Program. For information about use, please consult the "Copyright Information" statement at the bottom of the interview page. To get to the interview page, click on the link at the bottom of this record.
Event Note:
Recorded on October 29, 2002 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Abstract:
Pete and Renee Merry talk about Pete's personal background- including learning to fly and his early days of flying in northern Alaska, guiding and flying experiences in the Brooks Range and northern Alaska, key Brooks Range pilots, dangerous places to fly and land in the Brooks Range, flying during construction of the Trans-Alaska pipeline, the history of aviation and building runways in the Brooks Range, land use in the Brooks Range and effects of Gates of the Arctic National Park and the Haul Road, flying experiences around Alaska, memories of guiding and hunting, and the future of guiding in the Brooks Range and what he is doing during his retirement.
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