# Light Hearted ep 335 – Bjorn Karlstrom and “Lighthouse Reading”; Kevin Arsenault, Coast Guard light keeper in Maine

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Published: 2026-01-25T08:10:03+00:00
Episode link: https://news.uslhs.org/2026/01/25/light-hearted-ep-335-bjorn-karlstrom-and-lighthouse-reading-kevin-arsenault-coast-guard-light-keeper-in-maine/
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Duration seconds: 3599

## Resource

There are two guests in this episode. The first, Bjorn Karlstrom, splits his time between Florida in the and the beautiful island of Gotland in Sweden. After developing a substantial lighthouse-related library, he decided to start a website that might be useful to others looking for information. His site Lighthouse Reading, at lhreading.com , now has listings for more than 3,800 lighthouse publications. Massachusetts native Kevin Arsenault was a police officer for about 30 years and now serves as constable in the town of Gardner. He joined the Coast Guard at 19 years old in 1976 and was assigned to Matinicus Rock, an isolated outpost about 20 miles from the mainland in midcoast Maine. After a year there, he spent 18 months at Whitehead Light station, much closer to the mainland at the southwestern entrance to Penobscot Bay. Matinicus Rock Light Station, Maine. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont. Whitehead Light Station, Maine. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.

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