ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – Electricity was restored to most homes in an Arctic village Wednesday, four days after the community lost power in a fierce blizzard and was thrown into the deep freeze.

Drifting snow prevented a cargo plane from landing in Kaktovik, a village of 300 people more than 200 miles above the Arctic Circle. But an Alaska Air National Guard helicopter delivered technicians and equipment on Tuesday.

Within a day, the technicians were able to restore electricity to about three-quarters of the village. The outage may have been caused by power lines slapping together and arcing during the storm, officials said.

The cargo plane planned to try again to land as early as Wednesday afternoon. It was carrying mechanics and sewer and water technicians, as well as generators, portable lights, heaters and power cables.

Schoolteacher Adam Hausman was staying with five other people in a house that still had no power Wednesday. It was about 30 degrees inside the home, which was being warmed a little with a gas stove, he said.

“We just have been kind of cuddled up in two rooms,” he said. “It has been too cold. Your hands, you can’t even turn the pages.”

A blizzard packing near hurricane-force winds knocked out power to the village on Sunday and plunged temperatures to 20 degrees below zero.

Many residents sought shelter at the village school until it lost power. About 100 people moved to the village’s equipment maintenance building, which had a generator.