In this screen grab from a Facebook livestream, residents from the Inupiat Eskimo village of Golovin in Alaska pose with a Bering Air pilot, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP via Irene Navarro ...
It was an affecting scene, and it highlighted just how crucial air service is in rural Alaska communities like Golovin, an Inupiat Eskimo village of about 160 people just south of the Arctic Circle.