This Alaskan man is making a 14-hour boat trip to Costco every week to supply his small city with groceries amid the pandemic

A grocer on a remote Alaskan island that's only accessible by boat or plane is going above and beyond to keep his small town fed during the coronavirus pandemic

A grocer on a remote Alaskan island that's only accessible by boat or plane is going above and beyond to keep his small city fed during the coronavirus pandemic.Toshua Parker, owner of Icy Strait Wholesale in Gustavus, has been making a weekly boat trip with his staff to Juneau, the state's capital 50 miles away, to restock on essential food and supplies at Costco. It takes them about 14 hours to complete the journey on a 96 feet long converted military landing craft.

"Alaskans are fiercely independent and resourceful; you really have to be to survive here. So when a problem arises, we don't typically look to someone else for help, we just find a way to do it."Working with his employees and local fishermen, Parker has been making the boat trip about once a week since March, scheduling his trips around the tides and weather. After docking in Juneau, they buy supplies from Costco and load them on the boat.

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