Large industrial ships can travel through the Arctic waters by Nome faster shaving days off transit times that would otherwise take them through the Panama Canal.
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By 2050, ships traveling through the Arctic’s Northwest Passage may not need an icebreaker to escort them for the journey. In Nome, residents are wondering whether a new port will help or hinder efforts to address a myriad of chronic social problems. Some are also concerned that an onslaught of industrial marine traffic may impact Indigenous people, who have thrived along the coastline here for generations.
Rhea and Lucas Stotts stretch their arms at Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs after receiving their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Shannon Marvel / Post Independent
A steady stream of youngsters flowed into Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs on Wednesday to receive their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Siblings Lucas and Rhea Stotts were among those who received their first dose Wednesday, May 19 accompanied by their mother, Jennifer Stotts.
Jennifer said she told her children that it’s important to get the vaccination so the family can take trips, participate in activities and visit friends and family again.