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# 100 Day Trek in Alaska | INDIE ALASKA
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/indie-alaska/episode/100-day-trek-in-alaska-indie-alaska-nfiqd0/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:54:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T06:26:58.000Z
- Description: Zach Brown returned to Alaska to educate the effects of changing ecosystems.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Indie Alaska, Season 6, Episode 34, #ZZZ_Episode_84627b8b-7154-459d-8c26-2c899e2bdf18, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_b067a74e-4d91-45e4-9d7b-ab093441ccaf, #v1.16

Zach Brown, Director of the InianIslands Institute, grew up in the small town of Gustavus, Alaska. After completing his Ph.D. at Stanford University and studying the effects of climate change on ecosystems in the Arctic and Antarctic, he decided to return to Alaska and start a field school dedicated to educating the next generation of environmental leaders.