Insight Passage Productions began in 2004. We produced two CDs; "Stories from the Last Frontier" and "Fishing Tales". They are in several libraries and have been purchased world wide. A few state universities have used them as part of their curriculum because the stories are recorded interviews of storyteller's themselves. Click on the link below to read the article that was published in the Capital City Weekly newspaper in Juneau, Alaska.
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Sample audio clips below
***full stories will be available soon to purchase***
Steve Kroschel
Steve Kroschel grew up in rural Minnesota and talks about how he became a wildlife cinema photographer. As a boy, he rescued two river otters and raised them which eventually landed him a job as a wolf handler on the set of "Never Cry Wolf" a major film made in the late 70's. Steve decided then he wanted to film wildlife and bought his first movie camera which lead to his footage being shown on over 50 episodes of the award winning PBS show "Wild America" with Marty Stoffer. Steve's credits include a guest appearance on the Johnny Carson Show and his film footage has been featured in numerous movies, commercials and PBS specials. Steve shares his experiences of being in what he calls "all the wild places in North America" and how they are vanishing and why he decided to move to Alaska, "the truely last wild place left in North America. Steve enlightens us about wild places and the creatures that inhabit them. He talks about his son, a budding videographer, and tells us about his wildlife park and home located in Haines Alaska.
George Edwards
George knew for sure he was going to die! He told his brother to tie him to the boat! His brother said, "NO! It's sinking-you can't be tied to the boat!"
George Edwards grew up on a true Alaskan homestead. No running water or electricity - an outhouse. His family planted a huge garden in the spring and gathered berries in the fall, canning the bounty to get them through the long winters. They caught hundreds of pounds of fish, then canned or smoked them. And there was moose, duck and other wild game that would help feed their family throughout the year. Just going to get the mail took most of the day, because it involved taking a boat to town from their remote homested on Glacier Point. George was born with a disability but his pioneer upbringing and spirit have enabled him to live the Alaskan Dream and confront and survive even the most dangerous experiences living in the Last Frontier.
George Edwards grew up on a true Alaskan homestead. No running water or electricity - an outhouse. His family planted a huge garden in the spring and gathered berries in the fall, canning the bounty to get them through the long winters. They caught hundreds of pounds of fish, then canned or smoked them. And there was moose, duck and other wild game that would help feed their family throughout the year. Just going to get the mail took most of the day, because it involved taking a boat to town from their remote homested on Glacier Point. George was born with a disability but his pioneer upbringing and spirit have enabled him to live the Alaskan Dream and confront and survive even the most dangerous experiences living in the Last Frontier.
Joe Hotch
Joe explains how fishing has been a way of life for the Tlgingit people for centuries and that the past should not be compromised.
Centuries ago Native Alaskans depended on fishing for their survival. Over the centuries they have orally passed down their accumulated knowledge and wisdom, not only on how to catch and process the fish, but to ensure that the fish stock stays healthy, so they would return year after year. Joe Hotch, is a Tlingit Elder, who believes the past should not be compromised and that the Tlingit ways and knowledge should not be abandoned but embrassed because of the truth of it.
Centuries ago Native Alaskans depended on fishing for their survival. Over the centuries they have orally passed down their accumulated knowledge and wisdom, not only on how to catch and process the fish, but to ensure that the fish stock stays healthy, so they would return year after year. Joe Hotch, is a Tlingit Elder, who believes the past should not be compromised and that the Tlingit ways and knowledge should not be abandoned but embrassed because of the truth of it.
Jim Stanford
"Because the Inuit knew to sweat in winter was to die!..."
Jim Stanford came to Alaska with his family over 25 years ago. He grew up on a farm in rural Ohio and wanted to rear his children in the wide open spaces of the Last Frontier. His son wanted to get a sled dog team and learn to mush. Jim supported and encouraged his son, like any good parent, but when his son got into High School, he lost interest in mushing preferring to run with the girls than with the dogs. Jim didn't think it was right for the dogs to be chained up all the time, so he began to run the dogs himself. His first years were full of misadventures but eventually he began to enter races and master the art and skills of mushing. Jim tells about his experiences from the humorous to the near tragic, like when he and his team went through the ice during a race at forty below. He talks about the darker side of mushers, the circle of light (running at night with only a headlamp to light the way), and how mushing is the last thing that is truly like it was hundreds of years ago. Jim shares his love of this sport and say's it's the best experience in his life next to his wife and kids.
Jim Stanford came to Alaska with his family over 25 years ago. He grew up on a farm in rural Ohio and wanted to rear his children in the wide open spaces of the Last Frontier. His son wanted to get a sled dog team and learn to mush. Jim supported and encouraged his son, like any good parent, but when his son got into High School, he lost interest in mushing preferring to run with the girls than with the dogs. Jim didn't think it was right for the dogs to be chained up all the time, so he began to run the dogs himself. His first years were full of misadventures but eventually he began to enter races and master the art and skills of mushing. Jim tells about his experiences from the humorous to the near tragic, like when he and his team went through the ice during a race at forty below. He talks about the darker side of mushers, the circle of light (running at night with only a headlamp to light the way), and how mushing is the last thing that is truly like it was hundreds of years ago. Jim shares his love of this sport and say's it's the best experience in his life next to his wife and kids.
Becky Nash
Becky knows about raising children on a fishing boat, watching them grow up to be fisherman and loosing one to the sea that helped rear them.
Can you imagine fishing and living on a small boat for months at a time, only coming to shore to refuel, pick up supplies and to do laundry? Then can you imagine doing it with your family, with pre-adolescent children? In this story Becky Nash helps you picture what it would be like.
Can you imagine fishing and living on a small boat for months at a time, only coming to shore to refuel, pick up supplies and to do laundry? Then can you imagine doing it with your family, with pre-adolescent children? In this story Becky Nash helps you picture what it would be like.
Bruce Bauer
Bruce has been fishing in Alaska for 26 years and in all that time he has been seriously injuried only three times. In this story he tells us about one of those times: he broke his arm and severed two arteries fishing. He praises his crew and a remote fishing village near Myer's Chuck for working together to get him to the hospital.