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James "Jim" Stimpfle

Jim Stimpfle Jim Stimpfle is real estate agent and long-time resident of Nome, Alaska. He married to Bernadette Alvanna, originally from King Island. Jim helped organize the outreach effort that resulted in the "Friendship Flight" of 1988 between Nome, Alaska and Provideniya, Siberia, which was meant to help melt the ice curtain between Alaska and its neighbor the Soviet Union. A New York Times article detailing the historic flight can be found here.
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Jim Stimpfle's Slideshow
Interview Title Abstract Archive #: Oral History Project Date of Interview
Jim Stimpfle Jim Stimpfle talks about his role in the 1988 Friendship Flight from Nome to Provideniya, Siberia, and his attempt to re-establish contact with Russian Far East communities across the Bering Strait. 2007-03-07 Nome Communities of Memory Feb 17, 1996