In the remotest reaches of Alaska, there’s no relying on DoorDash to have Thanksgiving dinner — or any dinner — delivered. But some residents living well off the grid nevertheless have turkeys this holiday, thanks to the Alaska Turkey Bomb.

For the third straight year, a resident named Esther Keim has been flying low and slow in a small plane over rural parts of south-central Alaska, dropping frozen turkeys to those who can’t simply run out to the grocery store.

Alaska is mostly wilderness, with only about 20% of it accessible by road. In winter, many who live in remote areas rely on small planes or snowmobiles to travel any distance, and frozen rivers can act as makeshift roads.

  • @Pheonixdown@lemm.ee
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    71 day ago

    I’ve literally seen a group of wild Turkeys flutterjumping around in treetops, it broke my worldview.

    • @Feathercrown@lemmy.world
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      61 day ago

      They roost up there for safety! Really interesting to see them fly, they can’t do it for extended periods of time but they can really get up there.