# The Journal Found Beside a Dead Man in Alaska Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591/the-journal-found-beside-a-dead-man-in-alaska Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591/the-journal-found-beside-a-dead-man-in-alaska.md Podcast: [What It Was Like](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591) Published: 2025-12-20T11:36:48+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/what-it-was-like/episodes/69466b06e13e237fdef3f2bc Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/69466b06e13e237fdef3f2bc/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-it-was-like-5287591/episodes/the-journal-found-beside-a-dead-man-in-alaska Duration seconds: 2455 ## Resource In February 1982, the body of a wildlife photographer named Carl McCunn was found in northern Alaska. A miscommunication had left him stranded and McCunn had documented his final cold months in a journal. In this episode, journalist Kris Capps walks us through McCunn’s forgotten story, mostly in his own words. Find us on TikTok:  @whatitwaslikepodcast Find us on Youtube:  @whatitwaslikepodcast Follow us on Instagram:  whatitwaslikepodcast This is a  Superreal  production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-it-was-like-5287591/episodes/the-journal-found-beside-a-dead-man-in-alaska/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591/the-journal-found-beside-a-dead-man-in-alaska.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.