A woman lives in an Alaskan city so small that 75% of residents all dwell in one building. Jamie Loan, 36, relocated to Whittier, a minuscule city with just 270 inhabitants, alongside her husband Kyle, 37, seven years ago after purchasing a waterfront flat for merely £15,000.

The majority of locals reside in the town's 14-storey tower block, which houses 150 flats and a small corner shop. The remainder - including Jamie - occupy a smaller residential block and above the town's café.

Whittier becomes deserted between October and May and Jamie must undertake a perilous trip to collect shopping or see the GP in the neighbouring town an hour's drive away. Jamie, who was born in Florida but relocated to Alaska aged four, explains that winters in Whittier can witness temperatures plummeting to

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