My Wife and I Tried to Walk Home in an Arctic Storm. We Almost Died

My Wife and I Tried to Walk Home in an Arctic Storm. We Almost Died

Point Lay, Alaska, epitomizes the extreme Arctic. Winter on the Northwest Alaska coast is marked by unrelenting winds. Windchills routinely reach 75 degrees below zero. Whiteout conditions restrict visibility to mere inches. Throw in two months of complete darkness — plus hungry polar bears — and the vision of this Arctic village becomes even more formidable. This is where my wife, Tiffany, and I lived for three years. Our jobs as schoolteachers…