ALASKA AIR GUARD RESCUES PREGNANT WOMAN 500 MILES FROM HELP

Written By Jeremy Diola

By Matt White, coffeeordie.com

The day after Christmas, a pregnant woman crashed on a snowmobile outside an Alaskan village so remote that it is closer to mainland Russia than to the nearest hospital.

The woman was riding a snowmachine in Kipnuk, a tiny village on the Bering Sea, just over 400 miles from Russian soil but closer to 500 miles from Anchorage, home to the closest hospitals with obstetric emergency care.

Jeremy Diola
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