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Discovery Employees Worldwide Volunteer on the Third Annual ‘Impact Day’

June 14, 2012 | by kdelmonico

Tomorrow marks the third annual Discover Your Impact Day, an opportunity for Discovery Communications employees to volunteer in their communities and give back to the planet that inspires us daily at Discovery. More than 3,300 employees from 40 offices around the world will contribute their time and sweat to over 155 service activities that will leave a lasting impact.

Discover Your Impact Day LogoJoining our employees will be a few members of the larger Discovery family, including Ariel Tweto of Discovery Channel‘s Flying Wild Alaska in Los Angeles, Paul Brown of Discovery Channel’s Auction Kings (with his family) in Atlanta, and Jeannette Torres-Alvarez of Discovery Familia in Miami.

Discovery employees worldwide will help restore and organize schools and homeless shelters, clean parks and beaches, prepare animals for adoption… and much more. You can follow Discovery Communications on Twitter at @DiscoveryComm and follow the hashtag #ourimpact to learn more about what we’re doing on Friday!

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Third Season of ‘Flying Wild Alaska’ Takes Off Tonight on Discovery Channel

June 8, 2012 | by kdelmonico

Ariel TwetoJust as summer heats up, Discovery Channel is cooling things down by heading back to Alaska for the premiere of Flying Wild Alaska. The series follows Jim Tweto and his family as they run their airline, Era Alaska. The Twetos live in isolated Unalakleet, Alaska (with a population of 750 people) and have to battle the elements to get passengers and supplies to some of the most remote Alaskan locations.

In tonight’s episode, Jim and Ferno’s daughter Ariel, having recently received her pilot’s license, joins in on a desperate search to find a missing friend. Despite the tense situation on tonight’s season premiere, Ariel is her usual bubbly self in the clip below, from her recent appearance on Extra with Maria Menounos. For a daily dose of Ariel’s adventures (and larger-than-life personality), follow her at @ArielTweto on Twitter. Flying Wild Alaska premieres tonight on Discovery Channel at 10pm ET/PT.

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Friday Nights Are Solid with the Return of ‘Gold Rush’ on Discovery

October 27, 2011 | by aharris
Gold Rush' Todd Hoffman and Dave Turin Strike Gold in NYC

Gold Rush' Todd Hoffman and Dave Turin Strike Gold in NYC

At One Discovery Place the Rush is on: Gold Rush. Discovery Channel‘s hit series is back for a second season, as we follow the miners from Oregon in the search of solid gold for their families.

Discovery debuted a special episode, The Off-Season, online last week so fans could catch up on Todd Hoffman and the crew as they head north for another season, and today Todd and Dave Turin took to NYC in anticipation of tomorrow’s premiere. With many folks working hard to make ends meet, Discovery Channel is also inviting people in Chicago, DC and LA to fill up with $20 worth of free gas on Friday morning. The locations will be announced on Discovery.com at midnight tonight and you can enter you email address to get an alert.

Ariel Tweto

Flying Wild Alaska's Ariel Tweto

Finally, as you tune in on Friday at 9pm ET/PT to the premiere, you can join Todd and his dad Jack Hoffman at discovery.com/goldrushchat and ask your questions during the episode. Also, the adventure doesn’t stop with Gold Rush; the new season of Flying Wild Alaska is up immediately after, as we follow the Twetos and the family-run Era Alaska. Will Ariel earn her pilot’s license this season? Tune in Fridays at 10pm ET/PT to find out and join her, @ArielTweto, on Twitter at 10pm ET as she live-tweets the premiere!

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Flying Wild Alaska’s Ariel Tweto Heads to Capitol Hill, Raises Awareness for Aviation Careers

October 19, 2011 | by aharris

In May, Discovery Communications unveiled the Discover Your Skills initiative — a multimedia public affairs campaign designed to provide unemployed and underemployed Americans with access to critical resources for obtaining marketable job skills. This evening, Flying Wild Alaska‘s Ariel Tweto and Clark Bunting, President and General Manager of Discovery Channel, announced a new PSA featuring the Alaska native at a reception for the bipartisan Congressional General Aviation Caucus in Washington, DC, recognizing the important role the general aviation industry plays in the U.S. economy.

Discovery Channel's Clark Bunting, Senator Mark Begich (Alaska) & Flying Wild Alaska's Ariel Tweto

Discovery Channel's Clark Bunting, Congressional General Aviation Caucus Co-Chair, Senator Mark Begich of Alaska, and Flying Wild Alaska's Ariel Tweto

In addition to Tweto’s PSA, several new videos featuring Discovery talent raising awareness for the skilled trades made their debut online. Check out her PSA below, and view others and learn more about Discovery’s job skills initiative at DiscoverYourSkills.com.

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