This is a look back at an interview that was first heard in episode 122 back in May 2021. The interview is with Elena Hansteensen, who is the owner of Littleisland Lighthouse in Norway, which is operated as a small hotel. Litløy fyr, or Littleisland Lighthouse in English, is on a small island off the… Continue reading Light Hearted Lite #27 – Elena Hansteensen and Littleisland Lighthouse, Norway
The following list includes all episodes of “Light Hearted” since it was launched in 2019. The abbreviation “LHL” stands for Light Hearted Lite – episodes that are shorter edited versions of previous episodes. Wickie from NHU.S. Lighthouse Society Historian Jeremy D’Entremont is the author of 24 books and hundreds of articles on lighthouses and maritime… Continue reading Index of Light Hearted podcast episodes
Darlene Chisholm of Albion, Michigan, is a veteran of many U.S. Lighthouse Society tours, both in the U.S. and abroad. In the course of her travels, she’s photographed well over 4,000 lighthouses. Darelene was a longtime librarian in the public school system in Albion. Her husband, Tom, was president of the education association in Albion.… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 324 – Darlene Chisholm’s lighthouse adventures around the world
Greens Ledge Light, which was built in Norwalk, Connecticut, in 1902, is a cast-iron lighthouse tower on a cylindrical cast-iron concrete-filled foundation. It’s typical of offshore lighthouses built in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Male keepers lived inside the lighthouse tower. Under the provisions of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act, the lighthouse was… Continue reading Light Hearted Lite 26 – Greens Ledge Light Preservation Society, CT
AIS (Automatic Identification System) has been used for years to monitor the movements of ships and aircraft in real-time, helping to ensure safe and efficient operations. The company MotionInfo provides second-by-second data accuracy using an extensive network of stations. The North Atlantic right whale, with fewer than 350 individuals remaining, is critically endangered, and 139… Continue reading Light Hearted 323 – Moses Calouro, Portia Calouro: How lighthouses are helping to save right whales
This is an edited version of a conversation with a lighthouse keeper’s daughter in British Columbia, Canada, first heard in episode 104 of Light Hearted. Jim Bruton was born in Wales in 1926, but his family relocated to British Columbia in Canada when he was just one year old. He started working in the logging… Continue reading Light Hearted Lite #25 – Elanie Bruton, lightkeeper’s daughter at Sheringham Point, BC
Frank Schubert – a native of Staten Island – spent 43 years as a keeper and caretaker at Coney Island Light Station in New York. When he passed away in 2003, he was the last person who had served as a keeper under the old U. S. Lighthouse Service. He originally joined the Lighthouse Service… Continue reading Light Hearted 322 – Greg Goldstein talks about his grandfather, Keeper Frank Schubert of Coney Island, NY
This is an edited version of an interview that first appeared in episode 79 in September 2020. Ian Duff worked as a keeper at 13 Scottish lighthouses between 1976 and 1992. He spent about five years at Skerryvore, a remote station off the west coast of Scotland. He also spent about five years at Duncansby… Continue reading Light Hearted Lite 24 – Ian Duff, Scottish lighthouse keeper
With foreign trade blossoming from Newport, Rhode Island, local merchants petitioned for a lighthouse at Beavertail Point at the southern tip of Conanicut Island in the town of Jamestown, and a 69-foot-tall wooden tower was first lighted in 1749. It was the third light station in the American colonies. The 45-foot square granite lighthouse that… Continue reading Light Hearted ep 321: Nancy Beye, David Smith, and Varoujan Karentz – Beavertail, RI
Grosse Point Lighthouse, located at the southern end of Lake Michigan in Evanston, Illinois, was established in 1873 as the primary lighthouse marking the approach to Chicago. Since 1983, for an amazing 42 years, Don Terras has been chief administrator of the Lighthouse Park District, a unit of local government in Evanston. He is also… Continue reading Light Hearted Lite 23 – Don Terras, Grosse Point, Illinois
