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In Homer, Alaska, another group of nurses traveled by sea to distribute the vaccines. While the health care workers often take planes to reach remote villages, the winter weather doesn't always allow it.

Capt. Curt Jackson said he did not realize he was transporting COVID-19 vaccines as he was charting his boat through what he described as a \"bumpy ride.\"

An Alaskan Vaccine Story Thread @annezinkmd This morning conditions on Kachemak Bay prevented planes from flying so I got the honor of bringing our hard working medical staff and the precious blue box containing the best early Christmas present I could ask for... pic.twitter.com/7w78tuVfke

— Captain of Winter Jackson (@captaincurtjack) December 17, 2020

\"This woman kind of clutches this blue box a little bit more,\" he said of the moment he realized he was transporting the vaccine. \"All of a sudden the boat starts to take this big 30-degree swing, I mean it's pounding through, so I tried to go as slow as possible.\"

Jackson described his emotions once the boat landed safely in Seldovia, Alaska.

\"I was definitely emotionally choked up feeling like this was a moment where we kind of were starting to do something positive here,\" he said, adding that when he told the nurses they were his \"heroes\" and asked to take a photo with them, the nurses replied, \"You're our hero.\"

ABC News' Joshua Ascher, Connor Burton and Rachel Hein contributed to this report.

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