Gambell, Gus & Glory RallyCross

Sports Car Club of America, Arctic Alaska Region at the Third Avenue lot, between Ingra and Eagle.  Come check out the Sports Car Club of America, Arctic Alaska Region’s RallyCross, or better yet–arrive by at 9AM and register to compete yourself. The Region has loaner helmets; mention you saw it on the Freeze site and you’ll save $10 for the helmet rental. Registration information is available at www.motorsportreg.com or by calling 243-2122.

Health, Food & Fitness: Anchorage Museum

• 1pm: Eeva Latosuo, Alaska Pacific University faculty, Outdoor Studies Program and Alaska Avalanche School instructor – Snow and Safety in the Backcountry
• 2pm: Dr. David Newirth, Alaska Natural Health Solutions – Preventing SAD
• 2:30pm: Dr. James D. O’Malley – winter health and safety
• 3pm: Eating Alaska, a film by Ellen Frankenstein, 56 minutes. A documentary about a vegetarian who moves to Alaska, marries a fisherman and hunter and begins to wonder what the “right” thing to eat is on the “last frontier.” What ensues are humorous and enlightening adventures in eating as the filmmaker heads to the woods and mountains with women hunters, communes with the Alaska vegetarian society, talks moose meat with a group of Alaska Native kids in a public schools in the Arctic and more, all in search of a meal that makes sense politically, socially, spiritually and tastefully. This wry look at what’s on your plate explores ideas about eating healthy sustainable food from one’s own backyard, either urban or wild, versus industrially produced food shipped thousands of miles. Collaboration with independent filmmaker and KTOO-TV.
• 4pm: Dr. Durocher, USGS – Rockhounding in Alaska

Sponsored, in part, by BP Exploration.

FREEZE & The Alaska Forum

FREEZE is pleased to announce that the Alaska Forum on the Environment, 2009 will be held February 2-6, 2009 using both the Anchorage Egan Convention Center and the new Dena’ina Center for the event.  This year the Alaska Forum will offer over 90 technical breakout sessions and 8 sensational Keynote Events. Join the Forum for a full week of sessions on climate change, energy, environmental regulations, cleanup and remediation, fish & wildlife, solid waste, and much more.  For more information visit www.akforum.com.

FREEZE Ends

Takedown of installations on Park Strip, Elderberry Park and Museum entrance.

Last day of exhibitions at International Gallery.

Lecture: Alaska Native Art and Indigenous Art of the Arctic

Lecture by Ron Senungetuk.

Anchorage Museum Auditorium.  FREE.

Presentation: Northern Ecology

Presentation on the polar bears of the Arctic, by USGS researcher Steven C. Amstrup.

Steven C. Amstrup is a Research Wildlife Biologist with the Unites States Geological Survey at the Alaska Science Center, Anchorage AK. He holds a B.S. in Forestry from the University of Washington (1972), a M.S. in Wildlife Management from the University of Idaho (1975), and a Ph.D. in Wildlife Management from the University of Alaska Fairbanks (1995). He has been conducting research on all aspects of polar bear ecology in the Beaufort Sea for 24 years. His interests include distribution and movement patterns as well as population dynamics of wildlife, and how information on those topics can be used to assure wise stewardship. He is particularly interested in how science can help to reconcile the ever enlarging human footprint on our environment with the needs of other species for that same environment. Prior work experiences include studies of black bears in central Idaho, and pronghorns and grouse in Wyoming. On their honeymoon in New Zealand in 1999, Steven and his wife Virginia helped in a tagging study of little blue penguins. That experience gave Steve the honor of being one of the very few people ever to have been bitten by both polar bears and penguins.

Anchorage Museum Auditorium, FREE.

Northern Writers’ Reading and Open Mic

Special FREEZE writer’s reading at Anchorage Museum featuring keynote by Mr. White Keys. Featuring Joan Kane, Don Reardon, Willie Hensley, Dawnell Smith, Jeremy Pataki, and an open mic.

Anchorage Museum auditorium. FREE.

Movie: Strait Through the Ice

Part of the Movies For Your Mind series, this film shows with a Chilly Willy Cartoon “Half Baked Alaska” 7 minutes (total running time 59m).

US documentary, 2008. 52 minutes. MPAA RATING: Not Rated.  Directed by Yves Billy
http://icarusfilms.com/new2008/strait.html

From the official website: Today the North Pole is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. The Arctic ice cap is less than half the size it was 50 years ago. This radical climate change has thus begun to open the ice-packed Northwest Passage between Europe and Asia, and some scientists predict that the transoceanic maritime route will soon be permanently ice free during its ever-longer summers.  STRAIT THROUGH THE ICE examines the geopolitical ramifications of this development, including disputes between the five nations bordering the Arctic Ocean-the U.S., Canada, Denmark, Norway and Russia-over claims to territorial waters, the control of sea traffic, and the right to exploit the region’s untapped resources of oil and other natural resources. But if this multinational race to the Arctic is not legally regulated, the region’s fragile ecosystem could be devastated.

Anchorage Museum.

Reception: Nature Conservancy

Special reception hosted by the Nature Conservancy, featuring artwork by Ed Mighell.

Alaska Native Arts Foundation, 500 W. 6th Avenue.

Reception: Art in the North

Special reception at the International Gallery of Contemporary Art featuring photographs of the FREEZE projects and works by FREEZE artists. Includes a special dance performance by Gabrielle Barnett and Co-Motion (6:30pm).

International Gallery of Contemporary Art. Free.

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