Fuzzy Memories of Great Alaska Cold Snap
![Carl Tape, age 9, outside on his family’s Fairbanks deck at minus 50 degrees F on Jan. 23, 1989. Photo by his father, Walt Tape. Fuzzy Memories of Great Alaska Cold Snap](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/Carl-Tape-1989-1.jpg)
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his week marks 30 years since I turned my pickup left onto a North Pole road and noticed the clutch pedal did not return to my foot. In a panic, I reached down with my mittened hand and pulled. The frozen plunger oozed back into position. Driving at minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit is not a […]