Four Ukrainians resettle in Alaska, living and working on a retired ferry
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Eric Stone, KRBD
Yelyzaveta Kovryha, Mykyta Zakharchenko, John Binkley, Sofia Zagrabelskaa and Margarita Leontovich aboard the retired Alaska Marine Highway ferry Malaspina. (Eric Stone/KRBD)
Four refugees from Ukraine have recently arrived in Alaska and are now living on a retired state ferry in the port of Ketchikan. They're helping restore the boat into a museum.
Mykyta Zakharchenko, left, with Alaskan businessman John Binkley aboard the retired ferry Malaspina in Ketchikan. Binkley sponsored Zakharchenko and other Ukrainian refugees through the Uniting for Ukraine program. (Eric Stone/KRBD)
