49 Voices: Robert Johnson of Anchorage

This week we’re hearing from Robert Johnson who’s lived in Alaska since the mid ‘80s.
Robert Johnson (Photo by Wesley Early, APRN – Anchorage)
JOHNSON: I was like 15 when we moved up here. Kinda had to drag me up here ‘cause I hated the idea. I was going on, “Alaska?! Oh my god! No! Nooo!” I tried to leave a couple of times. I did. I hated it. “As soon as I got out of high school, I’m gone.” I didn’t want to be in this northern, f