Welcome to the remote Alaskan town where wolves and polar bears roam the area, a loaf of bread costs $9 and temperatures plunge to -40.

Just 3,102 people live in the Alaskan town of Kotzebu

in the Arctic Circle which is around 500 miles from the nearest city, Anchorage.

It means while there is a steady supply of salmon, white fish, and moose - everything fresh has to be flown from Anchorage... at huge cost.

A bouquet of flowers costs $89, one gallon of milk costs $12, butter costs $9, crisps cost $11, and a carton of orange juice costs $9.

Eighty percent of the town's population are native Alaskans who have lived there for generations and maintain their traditional lifestyle.

Animals, such as grizzly bears, polar bears, wolves and Dall sheep, can be found in the areas surrounding the town.

Grant Magdanz, 30, grew up in the town and said it is "a fantastic place to grow up"

- mainly because kids can learn extensive outdoor skills.

He moved away from the town ten years ago to go to university in Seattle, and now lives in northeastern Los Angeles after getting a job when he graduated.

But he still thinks fondly of his hometown, and would consider moving back one day.

The software engineer said: " There was a lot of freedom growing up in it. "

"It's a very safe town, and I used to run around with my friends. We played sports and cycled around the city."

"My mom loved to be outside, and when the weather was good, we would go hiking, camping, and sledding."

"I think it's an excellent place for a kid to grow up, and you didn't always need to have adult supervision."

There is only one high school in the town which holds 150 people.

And despite the remote location Grant had many opportunities.

He joined the school band, the sports team, and even the school council and said friendship groups all mixed in the close knit community.

Grant says Kotzebue has always been expensive as everything he needs to be flown in from the largest nearby city.

Cars or appliances are brought by barge, from even further away - over 2,000 from Seattle, US.

Grant said: "It is expensive because everything must always be flown in from Anchorage."

"People hunt and fish, and the diet that people eat is the things that they have hunted. "

"People are not just eating out from the grocery store."

"There aren't fancy restaurants at the town, there's more takeaways."

People eat a lot of white fish, sii fish, and salmon, as well as karibu and moose, he said.

The weather can drop to -40 degrees and food prices rocket - but he says the community always sticks together.

Grant said: "People are very communal, and that is largely important to people. People work, but their work life isn't people's identity and is not a huge part of their life."

"You are interconnected, and families are scattered across the area. "

"Families are large, and people choose to stay because their families have been there for generations and they want to continue living that lifestyle."

"A lot more identity and purpose come through helping others and their families. Word travels quickly."

"When my dad died, people knew, and they were compassionate about these things. "

"They would share stories about my dad - some people we didn't even know. "

"In hindsight, it is a great place to raise and be a kid."

"My experience living in a city is that I feel more anxious about life and there's more to be stressed about."

"But when I return home, I notice that I feel peace and am more grounded in that lifestyle."