Apparently Kobuk and Noatak have recieved their fuel shipment. Prior to the latest air shipment, villagers made a chilly trip to the Red Dog Mine, 23 miles away, to get fuel to tide them over:

"The latest Red Dog fuel day for Noatak took place on the day the village store ran out of diesel. So villagers formed a convoy of about 30 snowmobiles and freight sleds, and headed out in weather marked by temperatures of 47 below and, for the first 10 miles, dense fog......"

Meanwhile, at Nome they are preparing to lay a hose across the sea ice to start pumping fuel from the tanker. The tanker arrived yesterday, and is about 1/2 mile offshore.