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If an Alaskan "friend" asks if you want to go salmon sledding, are you trusting or gullible if you take them up on it? In this piece, Melissa Roberts takes the bait, or the fish rather, and it made for some great Alaska radio in mid-winter.
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If an Alaskan "friend" asks if you want to go salmon sledding, are you trusting or gullible if you take them up on it? In this piece, Melissa Roberts takes the bait, or the fish rather, and it made for some great Alaska radio in mid-winter.
Broadcast History
Aired on the statewide radio magazine, "AK" produced by the Alaska Public Radio Network. Also featured on the writer's web zine Saltmag. www.saltmag.net
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