Seabird biologist David Irons drove recently to the Prince William Sound community of Whittier to check on a friend's boat and spotted white blobs along the tide line of the rocky Alaska beach. He ...

Caption: Whittier, Alaska, may be the personification of Arctic isolation: the town is only accessible by boat and a single road that closes overnight. Plus, most of its 200 residents live and work in ...

In Whittier, Alaska, nearly the entire population of just 250 residents lives inside one 14-story building originally built ...

The resident apartment building in Whittier, Alaska towers over a boat parking lot on a summer day of 2021. Erika Fitzgerald jumped at the opportunity to teach in Alaska after graduate school. She ...

What's it like to run a family owned charter boat operation in Prince William Sound? And what happens when a new generation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Begich Towers Whittier Alaska Whittier, Alaska is home to a little over 200 people. That, in and of itself, isn’t all that strange ...

AS barmaid Beverly Sue Walts sits down for a well-earned break, she leans over and tells me: “Welcome to America’s most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine living with all your classmates and the majority of your town’s population under just one roof. Imagine your local post ...

Whittier, Alaska, doesn’t follow the typical town layout. There’s no spread of neighborhoods, no clusters of homes, and no real sense of distance between residents. Instead, nearly the entire ...

A remote Alaskan town that is so small, the entire population lives in one single building, has captivated the internet with its incredibly unique housing situation. Whittier, which has a population ...

A family of six in Whittier, Alaska – where almost all of the city’s residents live in one building – has contracted Covid-19, officials said. Owing to the unique history of Whittier, about 85% of the ...

Whittier, Alaska, is a sleepy town on the west side of Prince William Sound, tucked between picturesque mountains. But if you're picturing a small huddle of houses, think again. Instead, on the edge ...