# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 14 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 14 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm (-08:00) - **Event Description**: In this talk, he'll share insights on storytelling that connects lives, landscapes, and lessons across borders.About this EventDrawing 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 SheaDate: Tuesday, April 14, 2026Time: 7:00-8:30 p.m. AKSTLocation: BP Design Theater (located in the Usibelli Building)Zoom Option: Zoom https://alaska.zoom.us/j/88020904719This 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 SheaNeil 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#CLAis #UAFJournalism #SneddenLecture #LocalJournalismMatters #NanookNation  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fairbanks/the-last-frontier-telling-northern-stories-to-southern-audiences/100001986030835692 - **Event Categories**: art, nonprofit, fine-arts, literary-art, entertainment, storytelling, theatre - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Fairbanks - **state**: AK - **country**: United States - **location**: BP Design Theater (401 Engineering Building) - **lat**: 64.8554953 - **long**: -147.8177746 - **full address**: BP Design Theater (401 Engineering Building), 1764 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/7a21af4551f7feffb5eae8818d3753439debb53d82222b26cd2d9b20c3545c98-rimg-w1094-h408-dcfef7d8-gmir.jpg?v=1774677198 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences being held? - **A:** The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences takes place on Tue, 14 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 14 Apr, 2026 at 08:30 pm at BP Design Theater (401 Engineering Building), 1764 Tanana Loop, Fairbanks, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences? - **A:** The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences is organized by UAF Journalism. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "The Last Frontier: Telling Northern Stories to Southern Audiences", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/7a21af4551f7feffb5eae8818d3753439debb53d82222b26cd2d9b20c3545c98-rimg-w1094-h408-dcfef7d8-gmir.jpg?v=1774677198", "startDate": "2026-04-14T19:00:00-08:00", "endDate": "2026-04-14T20:30:00-08:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/fairbanks/the-last-frontier-telling-northern-stories-to-southern-audiences/100001986030835692", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "BP Design Theater (401 Engineering Building)", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1764 Tanana Loop", "postalCode": "99709", "addressLocality": "Fairbanks", "addressRegion": "AK", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "64.8554953", "longitude": "-147.8177746" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "In this talk, he'll share insights on storytelling that connects lives, landscapes, and lessons across borders.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-28", "availabilityEnds": "2026-04-14T20:30:00-08:00", "validFrom": "2026-03-28", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/fairbanks/the-last-frontier-telling-northern-stories-to-southern-audiences/100001986030835692" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-03-28", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-03-28", "url": "https://allevents.in/fairbanks/the-last-frontier-telling-northern-stories-to-southern-audiences/100001986030835692", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "UAF Journalism", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/uaf-journalism/24744778", "description": "Journalism is a boots-on-the-ground field, a profession that puts you where the action is. 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