I rise today to pay tribute to an individual who has devoted his life to helping people who needed help and fighting for people who needed a fighter on their side. Joseph Flakne never passed up an opportunity to make life a little better for his fellow Americans. whether it was pioneers in our Nations hinterlands. or women in our Nations workplaces and voting booths. The Alaskan Territories were a cold and foreboding place when Joe Flakne first arrived there in 1929. The son of a Norwegian Immigrant. he hitchhiked from his native Minnesota to study the Arctic. He paid his way through school by driving an 11dog team through the barren tundra. caring for and feeding reindeer. caribou and mountain sheep for the U.S. Biological Survey.
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