By Diana Haecker
In the chaos of ex-typhoon Merbok that hit Nome and the region in September 2022, it escaped most that a special operations command of the military was holding the first iteration of Operation Polar Dagger on St. Lawrence Island. In the aftermath of the storm, military helicopters were speeding from the Nome airport, heading west, and the assumption was they went to assist Savoonga and Gambell to recover from the storm. Instead,…
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