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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. — 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. It’s 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 tho...

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.