Herring boats, Unalakleet harbor, Norton Sound. August 1991. Even as safety has improved vastly in the Alaska fishing industry overall, harvesters who operate from small, open skiffs continue to ...

A Cessna Caravan 208 operated by Bering Air departed around 2:36 p.m. Thursday from Unalakleet en route to Nome. The plane stopped transmitting data at 3:18 p.m. at 5,300 feet, according to ...

Bering Air serves 32 villages in western Alaska from hubs in Nome, Kotzebue and Unalakleet. Most destinations receive twice-daily scheduled flights Monday through Saturday. Two Bering Air planes ...

Unalakleet is a community of about 690 people about 150 miles (about 240 kilometers) southeast of Nome and 395 miles (about 640 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage. The village is on the Iditarod trail ...