Ground Truth Trekking in the Media
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- May 20th, 2013: Paddling 800 miles around Cook Inlet with 2 children in tow, Alaska Dispatch
- May 17th, 2013: Family of Explorers, Mudflats Blog
- May 8th, 2013: Inlet trek in the family — Seldovia couple brings toddlers on beach walk around Cook Inlet, Redoubt Reporter
- April 29th, 2013: New Lives in the Wild TV show, episode featuring Hig and Erin, Channel 5, UK (video not available in US)
- April 24th, 2013: Hig and Erin take another trek into Alaska's wilderness, Homer Tribune
- April 19, 2013: Family makes progress on 800-mile trek around Cook Inlet, KBBI
- March 27, 2013: Trekking at toddler speed: Seldovia couple goes on adventure, Homer Tribune
- March 25, 2013: Seldovia family to walk 800 miles around Cook Inlet, KBBI
- March 23, 2013: Seldovia's Extreme Explorers, Seldovia.com
- March 5-11, 2013: Journey on the Wild Coast on Alaska PBS
- Feb 10, 2013: Bretwood Higman Continues to Question Integrity of Pebble Earthquake Data, Progressive Alaska Blog
- Dec 5, 2012: Landslides and Klimate Change: Lessons from Alaska for Seattle - KUOW
- Nov 29, 2012: Trekking the Alaska Wilderness, Baby and Toddler in Tow - Parent Map
- Nov 27, 2012: Glaciers and Toddlers - Examiner
- May 25, 2012: Is Alaska Prepared for Second Mining Boom? - Alaska Dispatch
- May 22, 2012: Alaska Hardrock Mining Prospects Map - Alaska Dispatch
- May 1, 2012: Pebble Partnership's Quake Data Lacking - Reprinted in the Homer Tribune
- April 22, 2012: Pebble Partnership's Quake Data Lacking - Hig's opinion piece in the Anchorage Daily News
- March 12, 2012: Coal-fired power not always the cheapest alternative -- study - on Greenwire
- March 10, 2012: Video interview and blog post on Last Frontier Adventure Club website
- March 9, 2012: 20, Well, Maybe 12 Visionaries for 2012 – #s 5, 6 and 7: Bretwood Higman, Erin McKittrick and Roz Savage on Firedoglake
- March 8, 2012: KBBI news item (Homer, AK)
- March 7, 2012: KBBI's Coffee Table (hour-long interview, Homer, AK)
- March 7, 2012: Symphony recounts Wild Coast journey (Frontiersman)
- January 28, 2012: "A baby, a toddler, and a crazy idea" in the Times Colonist (Victoria, B.C.)
- January 24, 2012: Review of Journey on the Wild Coast from Calm and Fearless
- January 23, 2012: TV news short (Victoria, BC - starts at 2:05)
- December 31, 2011: Journey on the Wild Coast and Life on Ice noted in Juneau Empire year end reviews
- October 25, 2011: Tackling Alaska's Malaspina Glacier with two babies in tow
- October 8, 2011: Life on Ice with Ground Truth Trekking - Pocket Village blog post
- September 14, 2011: Family Embarking on Odyssey across Malaspina Glacier
- September 9, 2011: Juneau Empire: Alaskan family gears up for two-month expedition
- August 10, 2011: Pair peddles, paddles for information - Homer News
- July 14, 2011: Donlin Expedition - Delta Discovery
- Spring 2011 - Carleton Voice - "Have yurt, will travel"
- April 2011 - German magazine interview on life in the yurt
- April 2011 - Raven Radio KCAW, Sitka - on A Long Trek Home
- March 2011 - Sitka Sentinel - on A Long Trek Home (link to a reprint in the Deseret News)
- March 22, 2011 - Talk of Alaska - live statewide radio on getting kids outside
- February 25, 2011 - Slideshow of 'Alaska's state flower' (55-gal drums) -- Anchorage Daily News
- November, 201 - Grazia - interview on A Long Trek Home in Italian
- October 28, 2010 - Halloween slideshow of bones -- Anchorage Daily News
- October 5, 2010 - 300-mile stroll with expecting mom, toddler -- in the Anchorage Daily News
- October 4, 2010 - Photos from Chukchi Sea at Toddler Speed in the Anchorage Daily News
- August 6, 2010 - comment in Anchorage Daily News
- August 2, 2010 - Anchorage Daily News
- March, 2010 - El Tiempo - for a Columbian news outlet on life in the yurt
- March 30, 2010 - KMXT Talk of the Rock - radio interview
- March 4, 2010 - The Bund Pictorial (Chinese) - 专访美国科学家希格和埃琳夫妇 -
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- February 3, 2010 - Snob (Russian) - Юрта на оптоволокне
- December 30, 2010 - New York Times - Broadband yes, Toilet no - about our life and work in our Seldovia yurt.
- Summer 2009 - Carleton Voice - about a bear encounter
- March 30, 2009 - Redoubt timelapse video -- Anchorage Daily News
Book Tour Interviews
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November 30, 2009 - KTOO's Juneau Afternoon
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November 26, 2009 - Juneau Empire
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November 2, 2009 - CBC Radio's Noon Show (interview date)
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October 29, 2009 - KUOW's Weekday (live radio)
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October 29, 2009 - King 5 News (live TV)
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October 26, 2009 - Washington Trails Association Magazine (interview date)
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October 19, 2009 - Anchorage Daily News
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October 19, 2009 - Alaska Public Radio Network (interview date)
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October 14, 2009 - Homer Tribune
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October 7, 2009 - KBBI's Coffee Talk (live radio)
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Backpacking Light Magazine's updates, podcasts, and articles on our journey
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NPR's Weekend America: periodic stories before, during, and after the expedition
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September 27, 2008 - Anchorage Daily News: Trek of a Lifetime
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July 2008 - Homer News: Couple walks, skis, rafts their way to life far from maddening crowds
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May 2008 - KMXT - Kodiak public radio
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February 12, 2008 - Anchorage Daily News: This trek has no limits
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February 12, 2008 - Seattle PI blog: Seattle couple still roughin' it
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February 9, 2008 - Alaska Public Radio Network: AK (air date)
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February 4, 2008 - Dutch Harbor Fisherman (interview date)
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February 1, 2008 - KRUA Radio: From the North (live)
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January 31, 2008 - KUDO Radio: Aaron Selbig show (live)
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December 26, 2007 - KCHU Radio, Valdez (interview date)
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December 26, 2007 - Valdez Star (interview date)
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December 14, 2007 - KCHU Radio, Valdez
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November, 2007 - Monti Bay Times, Yakutat
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November, 2007 - Yakutat School Newspaper
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October 17, 2007 - Capital City Weekly
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October 14, 2007 - Juneau Empire
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October 10, 2007 - KTOO Radio, Juneau: Guests on Juneau Afternoon
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October 5, 2007 - KFSK Radio, Petersburg
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September 6, 2007 - Ketchikan Daily News, Ketchikan: (reprinted here from Anchorage Daily News)
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July, 2007 - Expedition News
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June 9, 2007 - King 5 News, Seattle: We were interviewed for the 5PM TV news as we walked out of Seattle.
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June, 2007 - Northwest Cable News, Seattle: On the preparation for the trip.
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June, 2007 - KOMO 1000 Radio, Seattle: On the preparation for the trip.
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January 22, 2007 - KIAL Radio, Unalaska: Seattle couple plans 4,000-mile walk to Aleutians
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January 17, 2007 - Seattle PI: Wild trek set for Seattle couple