A fresh blast of sawdust in the morning gets yesterday’s grime out of your bibs. Come spring, sights like this are around every corner in Alaska. No, you don’t get used to it.When nature knocks you on your rear, guys like Shane here are ready to lend a hand (or winch) to get you back upright.Alaskans are too independent for pandemonium, but if this port went down stores across the state would go empty within a week.A technician will be right out. In 8 months. You might want to get cracking in the meantime.Living in Alaska means being your own mechanic, electrician, captain, bookkeeper, bear repeller, whatever. When fish boats arrive in Seward, the catch gets unloaded, processed, put onto a plane and then onto a plate – anywhere in the world – in just 24 hours.
