Dashing Through the Snow

“Before they could dig in, the pilot first had to ferry the order on the long air journey over the silty waters of Cook Inlet, the craggy snow-covered peaks of the Alaska Range and the lake-pocked terrain near the airstrip in Nikolai where he would land. There, the box of food (only slightly crushed) was passed on to Ms. Navarro, 29, who works as a health aide at the village’s clinic. There are no grocery stores or restaurants in that community of fewer than 100 people, so once or twice a month her family orders from DoorDash to break the monotony of chicken- and moose-based soups and stews.” NYT (Gift Article): Need a Big Mac Out on the Tundra? There’s an App (and a Plane) for That. “Robert Golike said he feels like the world’s most expensive food-delivery driver — but that’s probably because he uses a Cessna.” (In Samoa, commuter planes have been delivering McDonald’s from one island to another for decades. When there’s a will, there’s a way.)