Four Ukrainians resettle in Alaska, living and working on a retired ferry 04:53 Download Audio Embed on your website Close × Copy the code below to embed the WBUR audio player on your site
Copy embed code Resume 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.
Eric Stone of KRBD reports.
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) This segment aired on August 10, 2022.