Pictures from Alaska

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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.
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.
The Yukon is huge! Remember that it is the largest river in Alaska, running from east to west
grocery store,
and post office.
the Native Community Center
We went to the checkpoint, and
found out it was complete with a jail!
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.

 

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