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One characteristic of Akiak—an important one for Mike Williams—is that it is a dry town. Possession of alcohol is banned. In some ways Akiak is more advanced than other small Alaska Bush villages. The local school is modern and impressive looking. There is a clinic. There is a modern water-treatment plant and septic system. Housing in Akiak, as it is in most Alaska villages where the temperatures are severe in winter, where the wind buffets the walls, and the snow piles high, is sturdy, with rougher exteriors and warmer interiors, both in temperature and living style.

Although he has an office in a government building, Mike’s main office is his kitchen table. He has a laptop computer and a cell phone that connect him to the outside world and from a kitchen chair he conducts business of all manner, routinely speaking to people thousands of miles away each day.

Mike’s dog lot is a few hundred yards away, down the block, really, but the Williams kennel is chiefly run by Mike Williams Jr. these days. Son Mike spent many of his formative years helping his father feed, raise, and train his huskies. Now, with Mike Sr. in his sixties, Mike Jr. is the main racer in the family. Currently, Mike Sr. spends time helping feed, raise, and train the dogs for his son’s efforts.