Jon Holmgren Pt.1
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My guest in the next two shows is Jon Holmgren. I’ve known about Jon ever since I first talked with snow scientist Matthew Sturm years ago. Matthew in his book Finding the Arctic describes Jon as a machinist, miner, geophysicist, traveler and arctic philosopher. As you’ll discover, that’s a pretty fair description
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My guest in the next two shows is Jon Holmgren. I’ve known about Jon ever since I first talked with snow scientist Matthew Sturm years ago. Matthew in his book Finding the Arctic describes Jon as a machinist, miner, geophysicist, traveler and arctic philosopher. As you’ll discover, that’s a pretty fair description