Santa visit brings joy to frosty Alaskan village

Santa Claus poses with a child at the Trapper School in Nuiqsut, Alaska (AP)

Schoolchildren in the northern Alaskan Inupiac community of Nuiqsut have braved wind chill conditions of minus 25C to see Santa land on a snow-covered airstrip.

The annual Operation Santa Claus in Alaska delighted youngsters in Nuiqsut, a roadless village of about 460 residents on the US state’s oil-rich North Slope.