An unexpected friendship flight: How two Chinese pilots landed in a tiny Iñupiaq village in Alaska After a blizzard forced an emergency landing in the Bering Strait village of Teller, the pilots have been sampling local delicacies.
A national quest for uranium comes to remote Western Alaska, raising fears in a nearby village Demand for low-carbon nuclear energy could boost uranium prospects on Alaska’s Seward Peninsula. But residents of the small village of Elim fear a mine would pollute the river they depend on.