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marasydnyjade t1_j4xsfpp wrote

Reply to comment by TimeTravelMishap in Polar Bear Enters Remote Alaska Village, Fatally Mauls Woman, Boy by MinimumMonitor7

Fun fact: this village - Wales - doesn’t have any cars.

It’s only accessible by plane/helicopter, boat or snowmobile in the winter.

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LegalAction t1_j4ysqse wrote

What keeps the planes, helicopters, and boats away in the summer?

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marasydnyjade t1_j4yufur wrote

Okay, I admit I was missing some punctuation there.

However, oddly enough, Wales is a couple miles(?) from Big/Little Diomede and Little Diomede, which is the US island, is only accessible by helicopter/boat (year-round, weather permitting) or plane (only in winter). It can only be accessed by plane in the winter because the straight between the Diomede islands ices over and a plane can use that as a runway. Otherwise there isn’t a runway on Little Diomede.

I’ve been to the village of Wales (twice) and it was unbelievable how remote the village was. Wales also happens to be the westernmost part of the U.S.

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david4069 t1_j4z3x2m wrote

> or plane (only in winter). It can only be accessed by plane in the winter because the straight between the Diomede islands ices over and a plane can use that as a runway. Otherwise there isn’t a runway on Little Diomede.

It's been many years since they were able to do that. Now it's all helicopter.

> Wales also happens to be the westernmost part of the U.S.

Perhaps the westernmost part of the continental US, but there are many occupied places further west, such as Diomede, Saint Lawrence Island, and the western parts of the Aleutians.

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marasydnyjade t1_j4z3ztp wrote

Yes, continental U.S. I’m fucking shit up left and right today.

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