Gretchen Wehmhoff

Ryen joined Girl Scouts as a Daisy in kindergarten. Now, in the 4th grade and entering Girl Scout cookie season, she is an experienced cookie saleswoman with a goal and a plan.

For the retailers, wholesalers, and distributors who keep shelves stocked in rural Alaska, supply lines are long and thin, tying bush communities together like a lacy logistical web.

The shopping experience in Togiak is not unlike what customers are accustomed to at urban retailers. Shoppers browse shelves and then check out using modern point-of-sale technology. Gasoline in Alaska villages can cost upwards of $10 per gallon.…

Alaska’s oldest railway is Skagway’s main attraction By Gretchen Wehmhoff O n one side of the valley north of Skagway, the Klondike Highway follows the Skagway River, climbs to the 2,865-foot summit between British Columbia and Alaska, and then drops…