Interview of Gerald F. Carlson by Brian Shoemaker

• Main Author: Carlson, Gerald F., 1925-
• Other Authors: Shoemaker, Brian
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2010
• Subjects: Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Inupiat > Alaska > Social life and customs; Inupiat > Education; Carlson; Gerald F.; 1925- > Interviews; Arctic; Bering Strait; Chukchi Sea; Fairway Rock; North Star; Chukchi; Diomede Island; eskimo*; Inupiat; Nome; Sea ice; Alaska; walrus*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/44646

Mr. Carlson was just finishing his BA in Sociology at Washington State University in Pullman, WA in 1951 when he heard About the Alaska Native Services Office of the Department of Interior teaching program for native children. He and his wife Donna both signed up and three days later they were flyin...