This 1968 film introduces the term Cheechako, an Alaskan Indian word meaning newcomer. The film looks at what kind of living and working conditions newcomers could expect to find when they transferred to the Alaska region in the 1960s.
From the subsistence and peaceful evolution of the native people to the boom of the oil pipeline, get a better understanding of Alaska's land and people.
Go inside the Exxon Valdez during the devastating oil spill in Prince William Sound. Hear radio traffic from the ship on March 24, 1989, during the accident.