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While the search for Utqiaġvik whale researcher continues, his friends and family reflect on his role in the community

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July 10, 2023

While the search for Utqiaġvik whale researcher continues, his friends and family reflect on his role in the community

Craig George, a retired senior wildlife biologist at the North Slope Wildlife Department, credits partnership with Alaska’s whalers with advancing science. “As far as contributing to biology, the hunters have made a gigantic contribution,” George said. Photographed on June 25, 2022. (Marc Lester / ADN)

As the search for a respected bowhead whale researcher was on hold, his family, friends and former colleagues spoke about his contributions to science and his role in the community.

John Craighead “Craig” George was swept under a logjam last Wednesday on the Chulitna River near Cantwell, Alaska State Troopers said. The dive team responded to the area Friday morning but found that the water was too high to deploy their tools, said troopers’ spokesman Austin McDaniel.

“We’re still holding off for river conditions to improve so that way the dive team can potentially put down a remote-operated vehicle or sonar in the area to begin searching underwater there,” McDaniel said Monday.

Last Wednesday, five people — including George, his wife Cyd Hanns and his longtime friend J.R. Patee — joined what was planned to be a five-day-long trip on two rafts and one pack raft, said Patee, who organized and led the trip.

Later that day, Patee said that the group encountered an unusual amount of logjams on the river. George “got knocked out of the boat by a log” upstream from the rest of the group, he said. Patee and his wife, as well as a pack rafter, were able to avoid the obstacles unharmed. They jumped from their boats and pulled out from the river to the partially submerged sandbar before the logjam. Then they helped George’s wife, Cyd Hanns, who was still in the raft pinned to the logjam.

“She hadn’t seen Craig since they hit the logjam,” Patee said.

[Search ongoing for Utqiaġvik man missing after raft overturns near Cantwell]

Craig George, a retired senior wildlife biologist at the North Slope Wildlife Department, credits partnership with Alaska’s whalers with advancing science. “As far as contributing to biology, the hunters have made a gigantic contribution,” George said. Photographed on June 25, 2022. (Marc Lester / ADN)

Dedicated bowhead researcher

George is an internationally acclaimed wildlife researcher who has contributed to projects in the physiology of the bowhead whales and studies on how they can survive in extremely cold temperatures, his younger brother Luke George said. George participated in early acoustic surveys and studies of Iñupiat traditional knowledge on bowhead biology. He was also a part of the team that learned that bowhead whales could live for up to 211 years.

“He helped us all understand the bowhead so much better than we did before,” Luke George said.

Originally from upstate New York, George was a son to Jean Craighead George, the author of the classic book “Julie of the Wolves” about a girl lost on the Alaska tundra who survives with the help of a wolf pack. George’s uncles were well-known experts on grizzly bears at Yellowstone National Park.

George moved to Utqiaġvik in 1977. He worked as a senior wildlife biologist for more than 30 years at the North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management before retiring a few years ago.

One of the main projects George contributed to was a whale census — an abundance estimate for bowhead whales in the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort stock. The project started in the late ‘70s after the International Whaling Commission — a management organization created to conserve whale stocks — became concerned about the low whale population and put a moratorium on whaling.

“They felt that the population was too small to support the subsistence hunt and we basically came up with counting techniques and put in years and years of hard work to count the bowhead whale population and show that it was adequate,” said Geoff Carroll, a retired wildlife biologist, George’s former colleague and a close friend. “It was a big support to the subsistence whalers.”

From hunters and Indigenous experts, George and other biologists learned that the whales might be able to migrate far away offshore and travel under the ice: hunters have been hearing them singing through holes in the ice. So for the new whale census, scientists developed acoustics equipment such as hydrophones to count whales by analyzing their vocalization and estimating the distance to where they were. As a result, the population estimate increased by six times.

With the new whale count, the International Whaling Commission established a sustainable whaling quota that ”could actually support the human population while not damaging the whale population,” Carroll said.

What that collaboration also did was bridge the gap between Indigenous and Western science, Luke George said.

George “worked very closely with the local whaling captains, really listened to what they had to say and learned from them and I think was one of several people that helped bring their knowledge, the Indigenous knowledge, into the scientific realm,” Luke George said.

“He helped so many people and helped preserve and protect an Inupiat culture that was judged and stereotyped for years by outsiders,” said D.J. Fauske, the North Slope Borough’s director of government and external affairs, in a Facebook post. “He helped combine thousands of years of traditional local Inupiat knowledge with world-class technology and data.”

[Sharing traditional knowledge, Inupiat hunters advance whale science]

In the course of his career, George continued monitoring the bowhead whale population.

“He and his coworkers always came to take samples of each harvested bowhead whale to study the health of each one and the health of the stock,” Utqiagivk whaling captain Herman Ahsoak said.

In 1992, George and his colleagues examined an unusually old whale and found in it an old harpoon head that people haven’t used in more than 100 years. This provided backup for the studies on the longevity of bowhead whales, potentially the longest-lived mammals on the planet.

For his contribution to science and for his commitment to the local whaling community, the Barrow Whaling Captains Association commissioned George as an honorary whaling captain, said Marie Adams Carroll, former Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission director.

“There is nobody else like him,” she said.

When George came to Utqiaġvik in 1977, everywhere he looked, he saw posters saying “Keep on whaling,” referring to a short-lived moratorium on whaling, George told the Arctic Sounder in 2022. Impressed with the strong response to the moratorium — and inspired by the stories he heard from the senior whale hunters such as late Harry Brower Sr. — George spontaneously wrote a song “Keep On Whaling.”

The song became popular among the residents, Ahsoak said, and George was asked to perform it on various occasions, including blessing services for the whaling crews.

Had the opportunity to record Craig George and his song “Keep on Whaling” tonight at the blessing service for the Barrow Whaling Captains Association and AEWC.
Posted by Eben Hopson on Thursday, March 31, 2022

“Craig was a brilliant and humble person who had an immense impact while making sure others got the credit,” said Charles Wohlforth, a former Anchorage Daily News columnist and author of the book “The Whale and the Supercomputer.” “He shepherded science on the bowhead from his office in Utqiaġvik, being a friend to all — the local community, visiting scientists, and even outside writers like me. And he stayed there to raise his family, play music, and be part of the community. All the while, he refused to step in front of the Native subsistence leaders on the stage. He was always there to support them.”

A life full of curiosity

Outside of studying bowhead whales, George and his wife Cyd Hanns, a retired veterinary and wildlife research technician, raised two sons, Luke and Sam.

George has always had a full life, looking forward to his next adventure, said Luke George, Craig George’s brother who is four years younger than him. Together, Luke and Craig George climbed the Grand Teton and drove across the country many times, Luke George said.

“We were very close growing up, and he kind of took me under his wing,” Luke George said. “He has just been a real source of support and strength for me throughout my life really and has always been my champion, has been a friend and helped me through all kinds of things. Just a good human being, a big brother. I just feel so lucky I’ve had him my life.”

George was also a great listener and made friends everywhere he went, striking up conversations with grocery store clerks and airplane passengers next to him, Luke George said.

“He’s one of the funniest people I know,” Luke George said. “You never know what you’re going to encounter when Craig shows up.”

In Utqiaġvik, George had a long list of hobbies, from working on his cabin to making music, Carroll said.

“We just did everything together. We shared a dog team, you know, we both really enjoyed skiing,” Carroll said. ”And there were so many, many river trips.”

Patee said one of the first river trips he did with George was floating down the Copper River in 1981, together with their families and children. Since then, they’ve rafted down the Chulitna several times, as well as Tatsenshini and Kukparek rivers.

Whether it was studying bowhead whales or floating rivers, Patee said the main driver behind everything George did was curiosity.

“The night before we left for the river trip, we were discussing honeybees, the importance of honeybees, and how many trips a honeybee must make in his lifetime to make a gram of honey,” Patee said. “He was just fascinated with all sorts of stuff. He was a preeminent scientist, always curious, always asking, ‘How does this work?’ ‘What do you do with that?’ ‘What’s the story?’”

As of Monday, the search for George was ongoing.

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Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant Gets Fired For Twerking On The Job

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Alaska Airlines Flight Attendant Gets Fired For Twerking On The Job

A flight attendant’s viral TikTok video ended up costing her job. Nelle Diala, who was working as a flight attendant with Alaska Airlines for over six months was reportedly fired from her job after recording a twerking video while at work, the New York Post reported. After losing her job for “violating” the airline’s “social media policy”, Diala set up a GoFundMe page for financial support. The twerking and dancing video, posted by Diala on her personal social media account, went viral on TikTok and Instagram. The video was captioned, “ghetto bih till i D-I-E, don’t let the uniform fool you.”

After being fired, Diala reposted the twerking video with the new caption: “Can’t even be yourself anymore, without the world being so sensitive. What’s wrong with a little twerk before work, people act like they never did that before.” She added the hashtag #discriminationisreal.

According to Diala’s GoFundMe page, she posted the “lighthearted video” during a layover. The video was shot in an empty aircraft. She wrote, “It was a harmless clip that was recorded at 6 am while waiting 2 hours for pilots. I was also celebrating the end of probation.”

“The video went viral overnight, but instead of love and support, it brought unexpected scrutiny. Although it was a poor decision on my behalf I didn’t think it would cost me my dream job,” she added.

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Talking about being “wrongfully fired”, she said, “My employer accused me of violating their social media policy. I explained that the video wasn’t intended to harm anyone or the company, but they didn’t want to listen. Without warning, they terminated me. No discussion, no chance to defend myself-and no chance for a thorough and proper investigation.”

The seemingly “harmless clip” has led Diala to lose her “dream job”. She shared, “Losing my job was devastating. I’ve always been careful about what I share online, and I never thought this video, which didn’t even mention the airline by name, would cost me my career. Now, I am trying to figure out how to move forward.”

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Federal funds will help DOT study wildlife crashes on Glenn Highway

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January 15, 2025

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Federal funds will help DOT study wildlife crashes on Glenn Highway

New federal funds will help Alaska’s Department of Transportation develop a plan to reduce vehicle collisions with wildlife on one of the state’s busiest highways.

The U.S. Transportation Department gave the state a $626,659 grant in December to conduct a wildlife-vehicle collision study along the Glenn Highway corridor stretching between Anchorage’s Airport Heights neighborhood to the Glenn-Parks Highway interchange.

Over 30,000 residents drive the highway each way daily.

Mark Eisenman, the Anchorage area planner for the department, hopes the study will help generate new ideas to reduce wildlife crashes on the Glenn Highway.

“That’s one of the things we’re hoping to get out of this is to also have the study look at what’s been done, not just nationwide, but maybe worldwide,” Eisenman said. “Maybe where the best spot for a wildlife crossing would be, or is a wildlife crossing even the right mitigation strategy for these crashes?”

Eisenman said the most common wildlife collisions are with moose. There were nine fatal moose-vehicle crashes on the highway between 2018 and 2023. DOT estimates Alaska experiences about 765 animal-vehicle collisions annually.

In the late 1980s, DOT lengthened and raised a downtown Anchorage bridge to allow moose and wildlife to pass underneath, instead of on the roadway. But Eisenman said it wasn’t built tall enough for the moose to comfortably pass through, so many avoid it.

DOT also installed fencing along high-risk areas of the highway in an effort to prevent moose from traveling onto the highway.

Moose typically die in collisions, he said, and can also cause significant damage to vehicles. There are several signs along the Glenn Highway that tally fatal moose collisions, and he said they’re the primary signal to drivers to watch for wildlife.

“The big thing is, the Glenn Highway is 65 (miles per hour) for most of that stretch, and reaction time to stop when you’re going that fast for an animal jumping onto the road is almost impossible to avoid,” he said.

The city estimates 1,600 moose live in the Anchorage Bowl.

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Flight attendant sacked for twerking on the job: ‘What’s wrong with a little twerk before work’

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January 15, 2025

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Flight attendant sacked for twerking on the job: ‘What’s wrong with a little twerk before work’

They deemed the stunt not-safe-for-twerk.

An Alaska Airlines flight attendant who was sacked for twerking on camera has created a GoFundMe to support her while she seeks a new berth.

The crewmember, named Nelle Diala, had filmed the viral booty-shaking TikTok video on the plane while waiting two hours for the captain to arrive, A View From the Wing reported.

She captioned the clip, which also blew up on Instagram, “ghetto bih till i D-I-E, don’t let the uniform fool you.”

Diala was reportedly doing a victory dance to celebrate the end of her new hire probationary period.

Unfortunately, her jubilation was short-lived as Alaska Airlines nipped her employment in the bum just six months into her contract.

The fanny-wagging flight attendant feels that she didn’t do anything wrong.

Diala has since reposted the twerking clip with the new caption: “Can’t even be yourself anymore, without the world being so sensitive. What’s wrong with a little twerk before work, people act like they never did that before.”

The new footage was hashtagged #discriminationisreal.

The disgraced stewardess even set up a GoFundMe page to help support the so-called “wrongfully fired” flight attendant until she can land a new flight attendant gig.

“I never thought a single moment would cost me everything,” wrote the ex-crewmember. “Losing my job was devastating.”

She claimed that the gig had allowed her to meet new people and see the world, among other perks.

While air hostessing was ostensibly a “dream job,” Diala admitted that she used the income to help fund her “blossoming lingerie and dessert businesses,” which she runs under the Instagram handles @cakezncake (which doesn’t appear to have any content?) and @figure8.lingerie.

As of Wednesday morning, the crowdfunding campaign has raised just $182 of its $12,000 goal.

Diala was ripped online for twerking on the job as well as her subsequent GoFundMe efforts.

“You don’t respect the uniform, you don’t respect your job then,” declared one critic on the popular aviation-focused Instagram page The Crew Lounge. “Terms and Conditions apply.”

“‘Support for wrongly fired flight attendant??’” mocked another. “Her GoFund title says it all. She still thinks she was wrongly fired. Girl you weren’t wrongly fired. Go apply for a new job and probably stop twerking in your uniform.”

“The fact that you don’t respect your job is one thing but doing it while in uniform and at work speaks volumes,” scoffed a third. “You’re the brand ambassador and it’s not a good look.”

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