One of the more remote towns in America is the tiny village of Gambell, Alaska. Located at the northwestern tip of St. Lawrence Island in Bering Sea, Gambell is only 40 miles from Russia’s Siberian coast. Gambell is also the windswept stage for some of the dramatic events that unfold in The Ceres Plague, the next Perry Helion thriller.

Here is a view of Gambell taken by NOAA photographer Lt. Tim Smith this summer with the Arctic sun riding high in the sky. The town of Gambell is to the right, Siberia along the horizon. Here’s a link to the high res file.