Steps to Surviving a Harsh Winter

Steps to surviving a harsh winter in rural Alaska

1) Make good friends.

2) Laugh till it counts as exercise.

3) Snowmachines, nerf guns, and real guns.

4) Laugh a little more.

Thanks to Sammy for putting this movie together! Let this winter be just as ridiculously fun. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQjtJwVBBQk&feature=colike

Flying the Delta

Patches of snow or sunshine made the flights more interesting.

Mike flying a caravan.

Pilot Station airport is on top of a little cliff.

Looking East from Pilot Station Airport.

These trees near Pilot Station are uncommon in Alakanuk area.

 These pictures were taken hours after we heard of an unfortunate situation where a nine-year-old boy was fatally shot in Pilot Station. For a little more information, click here. You can read details in an article from the Alaska Native News.

Since the temperatures are dropping, the planes must be in the hangar.

The BananaBurban awaits to take pilots back to the pilot house.

Pretty puddles add to the excitement of the cold weather.

The moon was just about full Friday night.

I should get a tripod, but for now bracing myself seems to work.

Morning snow falling at Era in St. Mary's.

Three planes strategically placed in the hangar.

The lights were lighting up the fog.

Steering the plane out of the hangar.

Fueling up the plane.

Don't know who wrote this, but I appreciate the humor.

This cargo plane comes in once a day.

Packing freight and mail.

Inside the cargo plane.

Wind Turbines in Emmonak.

Ice was building up on the wing.

After it inflates, the ice breaks off.

A boat cruises west on the Yukon near the St. Mary's airport.

Loading the caravan up with lots of freight for Pilot Station.