A bush plan is the family vehicle. In the winter it gets to 40 degrees below zero with 40-knot winds. After a month with the mosquitoes, you're wishing for winter. They make arctic living unbearable for most people. I know of people who have died from them.
Mosquitoes are why the caribou migrate to the coast.
They get in their noses and smother the young. The coast is the only place with enough wind to offer some relief. David and Edie Bickish are currently taking a year's furlough to raise more money for more missions, but one that is done they will go back to spending most of the year up north. During one spell of boredom, Bickish took a more serious look at the suggestion of friends that he should write a book. Once he got started, he couldn't stop.