"He had never been to the Arctic or Alaska before."
Not that it matters, but Jay Hammond, Av Gross and I had lunch with Gov. Brown in Anchorage in 1977 or '78.  (Anchorage was still part of Alaska then.) 
 At the time, Jerry was interested in Prudhoe Bay gas for California.  Av was interested in Linda Ronstadt's (Brown's then girlfriend) autograph.