Living in Whittier, Alaska | An Entire Town Inside One Building | 4K Travel Documentary

Imagine an entire town — every single resident — living inside one building. That is not a metaphor. That is Whittier, Alaska. Whittier is a small town of roughly 300 people tucked at the end of a fjord in Prince William Sound, Alaska, surrounded by glaciers on three sides and an ocean inlet on the fourth. It is one of the most isolated communities in North America. To reach it, you must drive through a 4-kilometre tunnel bored directly through a mountain — a tunnel so narrow it doubles as a railway track and only allows traffic in one direction at a time. If the tunnel closes due to avalanche or mechanical failure, Whittier is completely cut off from the world. Inside this documentary, you will discover the extraordinary Begich Towers — a 14-storey concrete building originally constructed by the US Army during the Cold War that now houses nearly the entire town: homes, a police station, a medical clinic, a church, a laundry room, and a school hallway. You will explore what it means to raise children who walk thirty seconds to school inside the same building they sleep in. You will hear from people who moved here by choice — and understand why anyone would. Some towns are built around a community. In Whittier, the community is built around one building. #Whittier #Alaska #ImpossiblePlaces #TravelDocumentary #ExtremeLiving #AlaskaLife #SmallTown #BegichTowers #4KDocumentary #RemoteLiving #USATravel #WildAlaska #GlacierLife #ColdWarHistory #TunnelRoad