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Old 01-11-2012, 12:09 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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update: Renda Fuel Tanker Less Than 100 Miles From Nome, Alaska keep your prayers going
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Old 01-11-2012, 08:18 PM
 
Location: Juneau
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So is this delivery really going to cost less than flying the fuel in to Nome?
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Old 01-12-2012, 04:49 PM
 
Location: Bethel, Alaska
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Update from the Renda: Close enough to taste it | Alaska Dispatch
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Old 01-12-2012, 10:43 PM
 
Location: 112 Ocean Avenue
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Healy Webcam Healy AloftCon Photos | 2012
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Old 01-12-2012, 11:56 PM
 
Location: Bethel, Alaska
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Almost there!
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Old 01-14-2012, 02:45 PM
 
Location: Not far from Fairbanks, AK
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A very informative article about the difficulties and cost of fuel in Nome and some of the other villages:
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Ultra harsh Alaska winter prompts fuel shortages (http://www.newsminer.com/view/full_story/17143513/article-Ultra-harsh-Alaska-winter-prompts-fuel-shortages?instance=home_news_window_left_bullets - broken link)
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The iced-in town of Nome and the northwest Inupiat Eskimo villages of Noatak and Kobuk faced fuel shortages that illustrate the vulnerability of relying solely on deliveries by sea or air, potentially subjecting communities to the mercy of the elements. The villages, which just received their fuel, are especially vulnerable, unable to afford more additional storage tanks for gasoline and heating oil, which can run as high as $10 a gallon.

Compounding a problem with no easy answers, temperatures dipping as low as minus 60 over the past few weeks means air deliveries are delayed at the same time people are consuming more fuel more quickly. Some people in both villages also use wood-burning stoves for supplemental heat, but diesel is the critical commodity.

Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Ultra harsh Alaska winter prompts fuel shortages
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Old 01-14-2012, 10:11 PM
 
Location: On the plateau, TN
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Default Tanker moored off Nome, gearing up fuel delivery

The Associated Press: Tanker moored off Nome, gearing up fuel delivery
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Old 01-15-2012, 02:52 PM
 
Location: Dangling from a mooses antlers
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Old 01-15-2012, 03:18 PM
 
Location: Anchorage, AK
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This is such good news. I hope there is as much interest in the return home of these brave souls.
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Old 01-15-2012, 06:46 PM
 
Location: On the plateau, TN
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This is such good news. I hope there is as much interest in the return home of these brave souls.
I'm surprised there is such little interest here on CD.....
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