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# Extended Cut: In the Name of Cod
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/mossbacks-northwest-2/extras/extended-cut-in-the-name-of-cod-gym5iy/
- Published: 2026-03-17T20:31:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-18T13:30:19.000Z
- Description: Co-hosts Knute Berger and Stephen Hegg explore the Alaska Purchase.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Mossback's Northwest, #ZZZ_Show_50744e68-2011-417f-9f73-f880b010d33f, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_f5b8d839-54e5-485f-878a-b714975de32d, #extra

Why did the U.S. buy Alaska from Russia? It wasn’t for gold or timber. It was for fish, and it was a politician from the Washington Territory who lobbied the hardest. Mossback co-hosts discuss the geopolitical events that set the stage for the purchase, the far-sighted clerk who helped make it happen and how all of that ultimately transformed the Pacific Northwest and its fishing industry.