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It was an affecting scene, and it highlighted just how crucial air service is in rural Alaska communities like Golovin, an Inupiat Eskimo village of about 160 people just south of the Arctic Circle.

In the days after the crash, they came out to greet pilots in Golovin, an Inupiat Eskimo village of about 160 people, and other rural communities, including Noatak and Teller. Residents of Golovin ...