Gloria Wolfe News Today

“We must come together as ocean people."

A frigid ocean, enormous tidewater glaciers, and toothy mountain ranges stand between the rural communities of Southeast Alaska. The farthest-flung towns—like Yakutat, in the northern reaches of the Inside Passage—can’t be reached by road; they’re only accessible by boat or plane. Isolation, however, didn’t keep COVID-19 out. The region, home to just over 70,000 people, has seen 3,000 cases and a dozen deaths to date. The pandemic’s economic impacts have been even more startling. I...