Coming to the country: where are they now?

When first published 40 years ago, John McPhee's bestselling book described a state so far removed from most readers that McPhee called it "a foreign country populated mostly by Americans."
The Alaska Energy Desk tracked down some of the people featured in the book to get their reactions 40 years later.

Video: Eric Keto, Alaska Energy Desk Reporters
Music: Matteo Manfredi
Still images: Pat Pourchot, Ministry of the Interior
Alaska Resource Library and Information Services
Brad Snow and Lilly Allen, UAF Jukebox Project
Rich Corazza and Sonja Woodman Corazza
Arliss Sturgulewski documents, UAA archives
Willie Hensley
Maps: United States Geological Survey

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