Saving the Totem Poles from the original Totem Inn. A kitchen fire destroyed the iconic hotel and restaurant, and before they demoed it, we wanted to salvage the 2 totem poles that had been built into the original building since 1972. That’s Mike as my ground crew, helping to coax it out…then I carried it over and laid it next to the other one on a flat bed truck to haul away for safe storage. If you’ve been to Valdez, Alaska, you’ve more than likely had breakfast here…most visitors have experie

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France has colonized the South Pacific islands of Kanaky-New Caledonia for 172 years, but few know about this chapter of French Empire that continues today. As pro-independence protests erupted across the islands last year, France arrested Kanak leader Christian Tein and flew him 17,000 km away from home where he was jailed for over a year without trial. He spoke to AJ about his time in prison. | AJ