"Until We Get Through This" is ongoing documentation of the COVID-19 Pandemic, fight for racial justice and economic collapse in the rural Alaskan town of Bethel. Bethel is located 400-miles from the nearest road system and only reachable by airplane. Despite the communities isolation, the global events of 2020 have had dramatic impacts on all of Bethel's residents. Shot for KYUK, Public Media for Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
"Until We Get Through This" is ongoing documentation of the COVID-19 Pandemic, fight for racial justice and economic collapse in the rural Alaskan town of Bethel. Bethel is located 400-miles from the nearest road system and only reachable by airplane. Despite the communities isolation, ...
Until We Get Through This (work in progress)
People in Bethel are preparing for the arrival of COVID-19 because the region’s isolation will not protect them. In an attempt to slow the spread of the disease, Alaska has closed schools, shuttered businesses, required social distancing, and forced hospitals to prepare for the arrival of the global pandemic. The Bethel community has responded by delivering meals and schoolwork to kids, erecting a drive-thru coronavirus test site, hand sewing protective masks, and creating that perfect blend of bleach and water for disinfecting homes without plumbing.
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Alex Kim, owner of Chopstix Sushi Restaurant, says he may have to return to Korea if business doesn't pick-up. Bethel restaurants are in peril following mandates that restrict business to delivery and pick-up orders amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. March 31, 2020 in Bethel, Alaska.
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School children and their guardians picked up meals from bus stops around town on March 23, 2020. Schools across Alaska are closed following a state mandate put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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School children and their guardians picked up meals from bus stops around town on March 23, 2020. Schools across Alaska are closed following a state mandate put in place to slow the spread of COVID-19.
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Bethel residents head out to check on elderly relatives amidst the 2020 Kuskokwim River break-up flood and coronavirus pandemic on May 6, 2020.
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Bethel Elder Esther Green reflects on past pandemics and lessons learned through stories passed down in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. April 30, 2020 in Bethel, Alaska.
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Eula David remembers stories that her mother and grandmother told her about past epidemics. May 7, 2020.
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Phillip Wilson leaves the Bethel seawall in search of a break in the ice flow where he can cross the Kuskokwim and head downriver to Napaskiak on May 6, 2020.
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People watch the ice flow downriver during the Kuskokwim River break-up on May 4, 2020.
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2020 BRHS Graduation parade and ceremony during COVID-19 Pandemic.
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2020 BRHS Graduation parade and ceremony during COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Protesters gathered at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Bethel, Alaska on June 2, 2020.
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Protesters gathered at the Yupiit Piciryarait Cultural Center in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Bethel, Alaska on June 2, 2020.
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Lonnie Holley Sr. is embraced by Alize Mccabe and his neice after giving an emotional speech at the Black Lives Matter protest on June 5, 2020 in Bethel, Alaska.
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Dr. Elizabeth Bates and Registered Nurse Avelina Chung work for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation at the drvie-through COVID-19 test site in Bethel on March 25, 2020.
"Until We Get Through This" is ongoing documentation of the COVID-19 Pandemic, fight for racial justice and economic collapse in the rural Alaskan town of Bethel. Bethel is located 400-miles from the nearest road system and only reachable by airplane. Despite the communities isolation, the global events of 2020 have had dramatic impacts on all of Bethel's residents. Shot for KYUK, Public Media for Alaska's Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
