OASIS: Alaska, the Last Frontier

Today's cruise ship passengers and television viewers yearn to see and experience wild Alaska, but sadly much of what they see and are told is a fiction or Disneyland-like recreation. Fifty years ago, Alaska was experiencing the final days of America's pioneering westward expansion. The local economy was primarily lumbering, fishing and mining by rough and tumble men living in primitive conditions and few women.

In the early 1960s, a young geologist and his 20 year old bride were witness to those adventurous times. This delightful presentation will recount their adventures, including a variety of humorous, difficult and dangerous situations encountered amidst Alaska's spectacular scenery and wildlife.