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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.
Many Native Alaskan villages are not reachable by car, so pharmacists are using planes, dogsled and snowmobiles to deliver vaccines to the highly vulnerable indigenous communities.