# Event Details

- **Event Name**: “The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences” Snedden Speaker Series
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 14 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-08:00)
- **Event Description**: Drawing on his work across the Arctic, from Alaska through Canada, Greenland, and Norway, Neil will discuss how stories about the north are  told to “southern” audiences and why such stories are often considered distant or exotic by those living at lower latitudes. In this talk, he'll share insights on storytelling that connects lives, landscapes, and lessons across borders.


Free and open to all, this program can be attended on campus or streamed live via Zoom. 
“The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences”
Snedden Speaker Series featuring Neil Shea
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. AKST
Location: BP Design Theater (located in the Usibelli Building)
Zoom Option: Zoom https://alaska.zoom.us/j/88020904719

This event is sponsored by the UAF Department of Science & Environmental Journalism. This lecture is made possible by an endowment from the late Helen Snedden, in honor of her husband, former Fairbanks Daily News-Miner publisher C.W. Snedden.


About Neil Shea
Neil Shea is the author of Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic. For over 20 years he’s covered conflict, climate, and cultural transformation around the world for National Geographic, and he’s also a contributing editor with the Virginia Quarterly Review and The American Scholar. Neil also writes for film, television, and podcasts. His investigative podcast series, Unfinished: Deep South, about the life, legacy, and unsolved lynching of a wealthy Black farmer at the dawn of the Civil Rights era, was nominated for Peabody Award in 2020. 


About the Snedden Speaker Series:
The Snedden Speaker Series is made possible through the generosity of Helen Snedden, who endowed a chair of journalism at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in honor of her late husband, Charles Willis "Bill" Snedden. Bill, a visionary journalist and former owner of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, built his life around telling great stories and nurturing a vibrant press in the Interior. Helen established the Snedden Endowed Chair of Journalism to continue Bill’s legacy of educating and mentoring young journalists. The series has featured some of the nation’s most distinguished reporters, including 11 Pulitzer Prize winners, providing an invaluable opportunity for UAF students to learn from the best in the field.

Support the Snedden Speaker Series:
Do you enjoy the work we do? Consider supporting the series through an online donation to the Journalism Special Guest Fund:
https://engage.alaska.edu/donation-with-cart?fid=MllU1Wk7YHY%3d&fdesc=U7WB4fIQMSl0A6vwBAvZs195GNhJrOJHMUOapDwGS3ux3wiziB4inGiwi69BYZzMiJqef0fKXuE%3d

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- **Event Categories**: art, nonprofit, fine-arts, literary-art, entertainment, theatre, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 15

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Fairbanks
- **state**: AK
- **country**: United States
- **location**: BP Design Theater, 1764 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, AK 99709
- **lat**: 64.85557
- **long**: -147.81897
- **full address**: BP Design Theater, 1764 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, AK 99709, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is “The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences” Snedden Speaker Series being held?
  - **A:** “The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences” Snedden Speaker Series takes place on Tue, 14 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 14 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm at BP Design Theater, 1764 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, AK 99709, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing “The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences” Snedden Speaker Series?
  - **A:** “The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences” Snedden Speaker Series is organized by UAF Department of Science and Environmental Journalism.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** “The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences” Snedden Speaker Series is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Fairbanks, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If “The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences” Snedden Speaker Series sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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