Episode 37: Scott Rossman; What It Really Takes To Keep A Town Warm in Alaska
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A lot of people talk about “ending up” in Alaska. Scott Rossman actually did it, and the reason is almost ridiculous: a roadside lunch stop, a broken moving van, and a young mechanic who thought he could fix anything. Scott walks us through the full arc from a dairy farm in western New York to 41 years in Haynes, Alaska, building a life around logging, firewood, and the kind of hands-on problem solving you only learn by doing.
We dig into the early grind and the wild detours: road construction camps, winter trapping trips that teach more than they pay, a taste of commercial…
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