A chronicle of the daily challenges of the airport staff who manage to keep the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) open, freight flowing, and passengers flying, all despite weather that regularly dips to -38 Fahrenheit and wind speeds that typically exceed 100 mph.
Winter is coming
Struck by lightning
Lights out
Coronavirus crisis
Relentless winter
50 years storm
Into the storm
Heavy lifting
Emergency landing
Whiskey and water
War planes and sled dogs
Mayday
Holiday whiteout
Cold welcome
Pararescue
Lifelines
Engine failure
Arctic airlift
Snow jammed
Thin ice
Arctic guardians
Arctic survival
Crisis at crooked creek
Snow bomb
Ice warriors
Wild ice
Snow, sweat and gears
On thin ice
Runway mayday
Thawed out
Flight of the grizzly
Mountain sheep, pizza pie
The flight before christmas
Shivering timbers
Flight to glory
Avalanche warning
The big chill
Sunspot
Runway meltdown
Flight of the goose
Jumbo crisis
Life beyond zero
My foggy valentine
Winter heat
Attack of the yeti
Moose vs helicopter
Thanksgiving day delay
Edge of today
Volcano preppers
Top of the world
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