Planes, dogsleds, and snowmobiles being used to deliver vaccines to Alaska's remote villages
and last updated 2021-02-12 15:29:12-05
FAIRBANKS, Ak. â To understand life in the farthest corners of America, you have to see it: the beauty of nature, the rugged, unforgiving cold, and the people of Alaska.
Itâs the people across a state more than twice the size of Texas, with traditions as old as the mountains, who will show you what perseverance through a crisis really looks like.
We learned firsthand what it takes to protect these rural communities from COVID-19.
Our journey began thousands of miles away in Denver, Colorado. After two flights and a COVID-19 screening at the airport, we arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska.