the village (population
250), and saw the school(it’s Saturday, so it was closed), |
We went on to the next checkpoint,
Kaltag, where we were able to land.
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We could not land at Eagle Island,
because there is no runway, so we just flew over it. We could see
several teams approaching it, several there, and several leaving.
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The Yukon is huge! Remember that
it is the largest river in Alaska, running from east to west |
found out it was complete with
a jail!
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we flew to our destination for today
– Unalakleet. You can see from the photo that it is larger than the
villages we’ve been in. There are about 800 people here, and 185 are
in school. They are 90% Yupik Eskimo. |
Brett, the chef. He had been closed
for the winter but just opened today for the Iditarod. |
A group of children came up to us and
asked for our signatures. |