Where the heck is Bethel, Alaska?

Not exactly a tourist mecca, Bethel is about 70 miles up the Kuskokwim River. The Kuskokwim and the Yukon rivers are the two largest rivers in Alaska. The area surrounding Bethel is called the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (or YK Delta for short). Home to millions of birds, this corner of Alaska is about 75,000 square miles and is similar in size to the state of Oregon. There are no roads which connect the villages and it takes about 3 hours in a small plane to fly from the northern to the southern villages of the delta. There are also many small villages near Bethel on the Kuskokwim which can be reached by boat. Of course, once the tundra freezes over, it's a whole different story and the snow mobile options are endless. Plus they make the frozen river into an ice highway. There are about 6,000 people who live in Bethel and about 25,000 in the YK Delta. Bethel is about 400 air miles west of Anchorage and Nome is about 400 miles north. Russia is approximately 400 miles to the west. I include this map as I'm getting ready to post my fun experiences as a travelling pediatric therapist, flying to all of the little villages around Bethel!