Barbara asked Roman Dial:

Thank you so much for writing about Alaska. My father’s family, the Hermon family, homesteader to Alaska in the 1930’s with the Matanuska project. Most of them still live in the Palmer area, but I live in Indiana. It’s a beautiful, majestic state! Have you considered writing about the glaciers in your next book about climate change?

Roman Dial Hi Barbara, Somehow your question slipped my notice!

Yes, in my next book which will be about the Brooks Range and its changes, glaciers will be a subject, as they must, but rather a minor one, compared to the vegetation changes.

I hope your family in Palmer has taken you around our wonderful state. Having come up almost a century ago, they are about as Alaskan as a family can get.

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