Visit Nome, Alaska: 4-Season Beauty, Culture, and Heritage
Visit Nome, Alaska: 4-Season Beauty, Culture, and Heritage. Welcome back to the Outdoor Adventure Series. In today's episode, we're taking you to the far reaches of Western Alaska for a conversation with Chantel Bruner-Alvanna, Executive Director of the Nome Convention & Visitors Bureau. Chantel shares her journey from Chicago to the rugged, off-grid heart of Nome—a community shaped by breathtaking landscapes, rich indigenous cultures, and a unique, subsistence-based lifestyle. DIS...
Visit Nome, Alaska: 4-Season Beauty, Culture, and Heritage.
Welcome back to the Outdoor Adventure Series. In today's episode, we're taking you to the far reaches of Western Alaska for a conversation with Chantel Bruner-Alvanna, Executive Director of the Nome Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Chantel shares her journey from Chicago to the rugged, off-grid heart of Nome—a community shaped by breathtaking landscapes, rich indigenous cultures, and a unique, subsistence-based lifestyle.
DISCUSSION
00:00 "Unique Challenges of Living in Nome"
03:51 Cultural Diversity in Nome, Alaska
08:36 Small Town Self-Sufficiency
11:00 Nome's Remote Appeal Attracts Tourists
13:37 Visitor Feedback and Safety Guidelines
18:27 Unique Subsistence Living in Nome
21:43 Iditarod's Impact on Nome
23:28 Unexpected Visitors' Impactful Stories
27:33 "Plan Your Iditarod Adventure"
32:33 "Nome Post: Community Marketplace Hub"
33:32 Community Events & Updates Online
37:30 Life-Shaping Tourism Journey
42:30 "Sharing Alaska's Hidden Paradise"
44:27 "Nome, Alaska Visit Promotion"
Nome Resources & Attractions
Kawerak Inc. - a nonprofit tribal consortium that provides programs to the Inupiaq, St. Lawrence Island Yupik, and Yup’ik people - https://kawerak.org.
City of Nome, AK Memorial Museum - https://www.nomealaska.org/memorial-museum.
Sitnasuak Native Corporation - https://www.snc.org.
Norton Sound Health Corporation - https://www.nortonsoundhealth.org/bhs/.
Nome Post Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/498124973568628
CONNECT WITH NOME, ALASKA
To learn more about Nome, Alaska, check out their website at https://www.visitnomealaska.com/ or on these social sites:
Facebook: http://facebook.com/visitnomealaska
Instagram: http://instagram.com/visitnome
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