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...essays described individuals who have overcome enormous challenges, and Alaska's nominees are no exception. Col. Norman Vaughan of Anchorage is a 96-year-old former Iditarod musher who coordinates the annual Nenana Serum Run Relay. Erik...
ANCHORAGE - Norman Vaughan, who as a young man explored Antarctica with Admiral Richard Byrd in what was to become a life full of adventure, died Friday...
...from Nenana to Nome in 1925, Norman Vaughan was a 19-year-old Ivy League...from Nenana to Nome in 1925, Norman Vaughan was a 19-year-old Ivy League...from Nenana to Nome in 1925, Norman Vaughan was a 19-year-old Ivy League...
...Kemppel, Wally Leask, Hilary Lindh, Buck Nystrom, Brad Precosky, Reilly Richey, Libby Riddles, Vern Tejas, Norman Vaughan, Bradford Washburn. Other events receiving votes (in random order): Midnight Sun baseball game, World Eskimo-Indian...
...bed at his Anchorage apartment, relying on a caretaker to help him with mundane activities, such as walking. But Norman Vaughan is determined to celebrate his 100th birthday by scaling the 10,300-foot mountain in Antarctica that bears his...
...transport the vast reserves of natural gas on the North Slope. Vaughan to commemorate serum run ANCHORAGE - Adventurer Norman Vaughan will make his second Nenana-to-Nome run to commemorate the delivery of lifesaving diptheria serum to Nome in 1925...
...When a group of Alaska dog mushers relayed a life-saving diphtheria serum 800 miles from Nenana to Nome in 1925, Norman Vaughan was a 19-year-old Ivy League college student. That was 75 years ago. On Sunday, Vaughan set out with 24 other...
...Distinguished Cultural Services Award; Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Outstanding Arts Organization; Colonel Norman Vaughan, Anchorage, Humanities Alaskan Muse Award; Roger Schmidt, Sitka Fine Arts Camp director, Arts Education Award...
...don't want people thinking I'm retired. I'm too young to be retired ... I want to be the Eskimo colonel (Norman Vaughan)." But for even the toughest musher, the trail has to end sometime. Nayokpuk probably saw it coming clearer than...
...symbology is needed, especially today." Besides those from Southeast, the other Alaska torchbearers include Col. Norman Vaughan, Cathy Choi, Robert Forgit, Marietta Hall, Deana Johnson, Joy Maples, Jody McCarrey, Nick Parker, Kirsten...