Bethel, Alaska, United States


Fish had a brownish moldy growth all over its body.


Photo by Curtis Mann

Bethel Alaska, United States

Bethel (Mamterilleq in Central Alaskan Yup'ik) is the largest community on the Kuskokwim river, located approximately 50 mi (80 km) upriver from where the river flows into Kuskokwim Bay. Bethel is the largest community in western Alaska and in the Unorganized Borough, as well as the 9th largest in the state, with a population of 6,080 as of the 2010 Census.

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