In November, Alaska lost a widely respected researcher. Dave Klein was a game biologist who began his work when Alaska was a territory. He was also a seminal professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, mentoring and minting scores of graduate students into scientific colleagues. Oral historian and author Karen Brewster collaborated with Dave on The Making of An Ecologist from University of Alaska Press. I talk with her about Klein, her other works, and the importance of oral history.

Also, I welcome back glaciologist and physicist Martin Truffer with the UAF Geophysical Institute to discuss the importance of research in Antarctica and concerns about one particular ice field.