Logbook: Wasilla to Nuiqsut, entry 7: northern crossroads

My flight to Nuiqsut is scheduled to leave in 12 minutes. Commuter plane, but I don't know what kind yet. People are gathering in this small terminal from various point north: Aklavik, Yukon Territory; Kaktovik on Barter Island, the only community in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Barrow - The Top of the World - farthest north community in the US, Anchorage, Fairbanks, at least one more from Wasilla and a number from Nuiqsut itself. Several are going on to Nuiqsut for the big celebration, some home to Kaltovik and off to other places, too.