Bookmarks: "When Nights Are Long" explores the early days of nursing along the Alaska Highway - a podcast by CBC Radio

In December 1949, there was a diptheria outbreak along the Alaska Highway and Amy Wilson was the only nurse for hundreds of kilometres. She wrote about the experience and others, and her great niece speaks to Carolina de Ryk as 'When Nights Are Long' is re-issued.

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