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We celebrate our 18th Anniversary of the Big Alaska Show at the 39th Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, AK! We play clips from past shows at the Jump.
We also have our Science Guy, Dr. Gordon Snyder, talk about the whales that visit Seward’s rich feeding grounds.
Plus, we have a Tall Alaska Tale!
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This plaque is posted at the Breeze Inn Bar to commemorate our Big Alaska Show beginnings! Our Show started at the Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, AK for the American Cancer Society 17 years ago at the Breeze Inn. We had BIG plans for our debut. But equipment failure set us on a course as the longest running, mistaken ridden radio show in Alaska's history that continues to this day.
Listen to this lively podcast of clips from past Polar Bear Jump Off Shows!
Since 2006, the Big Alaska Show has celebrated its humble beginnings, (and I do mean humble!) at the Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, Alaska, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. Each year, we MC'd the Jump at the Harbor. Later that afternoon, we recorded our radio show before a live audience to honor the Top 10 Jumpers having the raised the most money that year. We aired the radio show the following week and created a podcast.
Christie Bond Hill
Meet These Veteran Jumpers
If you want to know what the spirit of Alaska is, meet these Alaskans who gathered on a January weekend to jump into the icy waters of Resurrection Bay and joined together to raise money, spirits and hope in the fight against cancer! These are the hearts of champions!
This podcast is from 2018, the Top Ten Jumper's Awards!
Vern Johnson
The 8 Balls have been jumping every year since 2001! They are known for their simple headgear! Meet a member of the team, Vern Johnson. Joining Vern is Christie Bond Hill who would have been jumping in her 22 jump had she not sustained a back injury preventing her from jumping this year. But that didn't stop Christie from participating. She's Vern's dock buddy!
Lori Nelson
Lori Nelson is jumping with the Hill Corp team. It even includes a Texan who claims if they achieve a certain donation goal, he'll jump twice. Alaskans know seeing a Texan doused twice in freezing salt water is well worth the donations and for a good cause! Meet Lori Nelson!
Link to her jump page:
Senior Development Director of the American Cancer Society West Region, Annette Vrolyk and Board Chair for the 2022 Polar Bear Jump Off, Casie Warner, share updates on the event in Seward! Get ready for the best cabin fever reliever in January while supporting the fight against cancer!
Official event website is AlaskaPolarBearJump.org
Facebook page @AlaskaPBJ
Polar Bear Jumper Christie Bond-Hill shares her Polar Bear Jump Off story!
Meet these guys with BIG hearts and a BIG project from Sew Yeah Quilting out of Las Vegas. They're coming to Alaska providing quilts for the Homeless here in Alaska. Check it out! Current service project Souper Service Project
Brody Tippets joined us to tell us about the project.
Besides servants' hearts, these guys have arguably the most entertaining sewing show in the world! After all, where else can you find a sewing show with 3 guys that blow up a sewing machine! This is right down our alley on the Big Alaska Show! Now that's what Mike Ford and I call a sewing show!
Sew Yeah Show including Will It Sew segment with explosion Will It Sew??
You'll be hearing more from these guys when they come to Alaska and the good news they spread. In the meantime, check out their website and if you know someone that likes sewing, quilting - or just be entertained- send them to this website: Sew Yeah Quilting!
Meet Casie Werner: Polar Bear Jump Off Update 2022 Polar Bear Jump Off Inc., Chair, Casie Werner, updates us on the latest. For more information visit their website.
Tad & Sherry Stripling on the Road!
Cousin Tad and Sherry Stripling left Colorado a month before and drove to Alaska. That's half the trip! But here's a little update from them!
Remembering Marcus Paine
We lost Marcus 5 years ago during an airshow. But he belongs in Alaska's history of aviation pioneers and we aim to keep his legacy alive. Here's our interview with Marcus from 2012. Marcus Paine Interview
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Steve and Mike with 2018 best radio show award
We celebrate our 15th Anniversary the same way we celebrated our first-
in Seward, AK for the 36th Polar Bear Jump for the American Cancer Society.
Covid changed this year’s Jump. But we’re still honoring the ACS of Alaska and our 15th Anniversary playing clips from the past.
We only scratched the surface but it’s a fun show! Seward, AK we look forward to seeing you in 2022!
BRRR! Seward’s Polar Bear Jump Off fight against cancer in January is uniquely Alaskan! We honor the top 10 jumpers having raised the most money in the fight against cancer! Hear their stories with a lively Seward audience
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It means something extra when Kim Carlson has attendst he annual Polar Bear Jump Off in Seward, AK, as she has done for ten years—raising tens of thousands of dollars. She has dedicated her jumps, first to her mother, who was lost to cancer, and subsequently to other victims and their families.
It was a packed house and a packed show of fun! Alaskans and Texans- in the same room! Only on the Big Alaska Show can such a combination co-exist in the same room.
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