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  Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska (AK) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, ...
Anaktuvuk Pass, AK residents, houses, and apartments details
The ratio of number of residents in Anaktuvuk Pass to the number of sex offenders is 262 to 1.
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  City of Anaktuvuk Pass - North Slope Borough
Anaktuvuk Pass is located on a divide between the Anaktuvuk and John rivers in central Brooks Range.
Anaktuvuk Pass is perhaps the most scenic village on the North Slope, surrounded by tall mountains and near rivers and lakes.
Anaktuvuk Pass, a historic caribou migration route, is the last remaining settlement of the inland Inupiat Eskimos, the Nunamiut.
www.north-slope.org /villages/anaktuvuk   (515 words)

  
 Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska Resource Guide, City or community of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska Facts, Information, Relocation, Real ...
The population of Anaktuvuk Pass is approximately 259.
The distance from Anaktuvuk Pass to Washington DC is 3791 miles.
Anaktuvuk Pass is positioned 68.11 degrees north of the equator and 151.67 degrees west of the prime meridian.
www.usacitiesonline.com /akcountyanaktuvukpass.htm   (201 words)

  
 Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anaktuvuk Pass is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States.
Anaktuvuk Pass is in the Brooks Range on the divide between the Anaktuvuk River and the John River.
The climate of Anaktuvuk Pass is strongly continental.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Anaktuvuk_Pass,_Alaska   (584 words)

  
 Venturing north of the Arctic Circle - Winter Travel - MSNBC.com
Anaktuvuk Pass is the last remaining settlement of Nunamiut, or inland, Inupiat Eskimos.
ANAKTUVUK PASS, Alaska - The landscape is distracting, tundra shimmering under a late summer sun, deep valleys spattered with red and gold, sharp peaks dwarfing this tiny Alaska village.
Anaktuvuk Pass: This is the last remaining settlement of Nunamiut, or inland, Inupiat Eskimos, located at the base of the Brooks Range near the northern Continental Divide.
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 Harvard University Gazette
Anaktuvuk Pass is a tiny village in northern Alaska, located about 150 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
Winters in Anaktuvuk are challenging: the sun disappears for a month and the average temperature in January is 14 below zero.
"Anaktuvuk Pass is a microcosm of that larger transition.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1998/12.10/carson.html   (1224 words)

  
 AnaktuvukPass
ANAKTUVUK, Alaska -- A small log church, deep in a treeless arctic waste, stands as a symbol of a newfound faith in God -- and of the curious fulfillment of an ancient prophecy.
From earliest times, the tale was passed down through generations of the Nunamiut, or inland Eskimos, that a Deliverer would come to them and he would be Ataanik or Lord.
Anaktuvuk Pass church, officially named the Chapel in the Mountains, is organized May 18, 1965 with 70 persons in attendance.
www.yukonpresbytery.com /YukonPresbytery/Arctic/AnaktuvukPass.htm   (1914 words)

  
 Anaktuvuk Pass - North Slope Borough School District
Anaktuvuk is perhaps the most scenic village on the North Slope, surrounded by tall mountains and near rivers and lakes.
Anaktuvuk has a public safety building and a fire station, equipped with fire engines and an ambulance.
Transportation to Anaktuvuk Pass is available via scheduled and chartered flights from Fairbanks or Barrow.
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 Anaktuvuk Pass News
Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska -- The landscape is distracting, tundra shimmering under a late summer sun, deep valleys spattered with red and gold, sharp peaks dwarfing this tiny Alaska village.
Caribou hunters have recovered a 7-foot, 3-inch mammoth tusk from a creek bed south of the village of Anaktuvuk Pass.
ANAKTUVUK PASS, Alaska -- The landscape distracts, tundra shimmering, deep valleys spattered with red and gold, sharp peaks dwarfing this tiny village.
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 Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska Community Information
Anaktuvuk Pass is a Nunamiut Eskimo community dependent upon subsistence activities.
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Economic and employment opportunities are limited in Anaktuvuk Pass, due to its isolation.
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 The Seattle Times: Travel: Alaska's Arctic lures travelers with a rugged, no-frills wilderness experience
A caribou skull from a past hunt sits on the tundra near the village of Anaktuvuk Pass.
ANAKTUVUK PASS, Alaska — The landscape is distracting, tundra shimmering under a late summer sun, deep valleys spattered with red and gold, sharp peaks dwarfing this tiny Alaska village.
Anaktuvuk Pass : This is the last remaining settlement of Nunamiut, or inland, Inupiat, located at the base of the Brooks Range near the northern Continental Divide.
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 Home > Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, AK, 99721, Anaktuvuk Pass Real Estate, Anaktuvuk Pass Yellow Pages, Anaktuvuk Pass ...
Anaktuvuk Pass is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States.
Anaktuvuk Pass is in the Brooks Range on the divide between the Anaktuvuk River and the John River.
The climate of Anaktuvuk Pass is strongly continental.
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 The History of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska - ExploreNorth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Anaktuvuk Pass, at 2,200 feet elevation on the divide between the Anaktuvuk and John Rivers in the central Brooks Range, is the last remaining settlement of the Nunamiut (inland northern Inupiat Eskimo).
In 1938, however, several Nunamiut families left the coast and returned to the mountains at Killik River and Chandler Lake.
In 1949, the Chandler Lake group moved to Anaktuvuk Pass ("the place of caribou droppings"), where they were later joined by the Killik River group.
www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/alaska/bl-Anaktuvuk.htm   (187 words)

  
 Anaktuvuk Pass
This is a small (population ~300), Nunamiut village in the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, well north of the Arctic Circle.
It was interesting to note that these (two engine) planes aren't really designed to fly over the mountains (we got up to 8-9 thousand feet, but not enough to clear the tallest peaks)--so they generally fly in the valleys.
In Anaktuvuk Pass, we met Darryl (a native of the village) who drove us around.
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 Alaska History Links
Alaska Gold Rush was developed by the Alaska Rich Mining Project Committee to make archival, library and museum materials more accessible to users throughout the state and to assist teachers in using primary source materials in classrooms.
The mission of the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum is the collection, preservation, and public presentation of Alaska's aviation history, 1897 to present.
It is the intent of Alaska Storyteller Photography to supply photographs and a concise, informative, and entertaining account of Alaska's history, free to all.
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 Public Anthropology
He sets out to find out why there is no earth staining at Kogruk, to explain the distribution of the artifacts, to classify the artifacts according to tool types, to account for the abraded quality of certain artifacts and to determine the age of the site.
Earth staining is typically associated with old hunter's camps in the Anaktuvuk region.
It is caused by organic materials such as flecks of charcoal, lenses of ash, decomposed bone and antler, and oil or grease.
www.publicanthropology.org /Archive/AnthCAOldS1961.htm   (2799 words)

  
 Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska (AK) real estate and housing price data - Sperling's BestPlaces
The median home value in Anaktuvuk Pass, AK, is $191,000.
The median age of Anaktuvuk Pass, AK, real estate is 15 years.
20.0% of houses and apartments in Anaktuvuk Pass, AK, are unoccupied (vacancy rate).
www.bestplaces.net /city/Profile.aspx?cat=HOUSING&city=Anaktuvuk_Pass_AK   (66 words)

  
 Alaska Museums Guide
Alaska state museum list shows descriptions of cultural events and displays across Alaska.
University of Alaska Museum of the North - 907-474-7505
Sharing Alaska Native culture, arts, and artifacts, a living history of the multi-cultural Alaska Native heritage of the Seward area.
www.welcometoalaska.com /museums.htm   (2746 words)

  
 A visit to Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska (AK)
The city of Anaktuvuk Pass is located in North Slope.
According to the 2000 Census, Anaktuvuk Pass had a population of 281 people.
This represented 0.04% of the total population of Alaska.
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 Find Churches in Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska - FlockFinder.com
A common thread amongst parents today is that they're looking for churches in Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska which pay special attention to childrens' needs.
Parents realize how important it is to start bringing their children to church when their young so that that values and morals taught by the many churches in Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska will stay with them when they grow older.
That way, churches in Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska can be open about what the children are being taught.
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 Alaska wood frogs hopping in mystery
These palm-size creatures survive Alaska’s winter by burrowing into the duff and allowing the cold to freeze them solid, even their eyeballs and hearts.
After spending the majority of the year as tiny ice cubes, protected from drying out by the glucose their livers flood their systems with as they hibernate, they thaw and hop to breeding ponds in early to mid summer.
With skins that allow water and air to pass through and tadpole stages that develop in the water, frogs are vulnerable to toxins and often are one of the first species that alert scientists that something is wrong.
www.gi.alaska.edu /ScienceForum/ASF17/1798.html   (717 words)

  
 GORP - Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, ALaska - Anaktuvuk Pass
The native residents of Anaktuvuk Pass are the last remaining band of Nunamiut Eskimo, a semi-nomadic inland group whose ancestors date back for hundreds of years.
Beginning at the earliest stages of planning for the formation of the park, the National Park Service recognized a national interest and was mandated by the United States Congress to insure the protection of the Nunamiut culture and lifestyle, including subsistence use and privately owned lands.
The Nunamiut Eskimo of Anaktuvuk Pass retain a strong environmental identity involving traditional use with the surrounding areas.
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 Alaska.com | Other cities & towns
On and off the road system, Alaska is dotted with cities, towns and villages that give the state its real character.
From quaint fishing ports to remote Native villages to industrial company towns, the "other half" of Alaska's population is dispersed over an area larger than most countries and sometimes as challenging to get to.
Most visitors to these mostly rural communities pass through Alaska's largest cities: Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau.
www.alaska.com /places/cities/other_cities/story/4565654p-4538456c.html   (289 words)

  
 TIME.com: Fallout in the Food Chain -- Sep. 13, 1963 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Eskimo village of Anaktuvuk Pass in Alaska's desolate Brooks Range north of the Arctic Circle has a post office, a school and an airplane landing strip.
A report made for the Atomic Energy Commission by General Electric scientists showed that in the summer of 1962, the inhabitants of Anaktuvuk Pass had an average "whole body burden" of 421 nanocuries*of caesium 137, one of the most harmful constituents of fallout.
University of Alaska Zoologist William O. Pruitt, an authority on caribou, gave the beasts a thorough going over and found that their flesh contained an unusual amount of caesium 137.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,896953,00.html   (772 words)

  
 Alaska Fish and Trails Unlimited-- Trip 5
Species of fish available in arctic lakes are: arctic char, lake trout, northern pike, grayling, and shee fish.
Upon booking a trip with Alaska Fish and Trails we'll make your reservations from Fairbanks to Bettles or Anaktuvuk pass Alaska for your starting points.
Bush flight from Bettles to either of the headwaters of these areas by Alaska Fish and Trails Unlimited is free.
www.alaskafishandtrails.com /trip5.html   (210 words)

  
 Flower Delivery Anaktuvuk Pass AK Alaska |Order Anaktuvuk Pass Flowers Online
If you want to send flowers, roses, plants, bouquets or balloons to Anaktuvuk Pass, AK Alaska then you have come to the right place.
Anaktuvuk Pass, AK Alaska flower delivery is a service provided by Wesley Berry Flowers since 1946.
Send Anaktuvuk Pass, AK Alaska florist greetings to any city or state with a Anaktuvuk Pass local florist.
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 Alpine Biome
When they try to pass through a town they are often scared away or shot.
The Alaskan oil pipeline was built across a caribou migration route.
In some places the pipeline has been raised above the ground so the caribou can pass under it.
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 MAJOR-SMOLINSKI | PLACE NAME FAVORITES
Anaktuvuk Pass comes from an Eskimo term translated as "dung everywhere." The town is located near an area where migrating caribou gathered.
I'd really like to believe this story, but like many others that have been passed down, it is suspect.
Anyway, Moses Cleaveland was leading a party in search of the Cuyahoga River, which empties into Lake Erie in the city which later took Cleaveland's name (and then dropped the first A so it would fit on a newspaper masthead).
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The individual was transported safely to Anaktuvuk Pass.
The South American Joint RCC passed the information to the Nicaraguan Navy who coordinated assistance through a fishing vessel in the area.
Coast Guard District 7 RCC arranged for the vessel to be towed to safety.
www.sarsat.noaa.gov /saves981.html   (1614 words)

  
 Anaktuvuk Pass, AK (North Slope Borough) - city travel guide - ePodunk
Alaska > All counties > North Slope Borough > Anaktuvuk Pass City
Anaktuvuk Pass is a small community, with a population of 282
Churches, other places of worship in or near Anaktuvuk Pass
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/travInfo.php?locIndex=27921   (197 words)

  
 Upside Down - University of Nebraska Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Blackman's visits span her life from a graduate student to wife and mother to divorced scholar whose career flourishes as she becomes 'the' authority on Nunamiut masks, offering an interesting parallel to the tribe's response to advancing society.
Formerly nomadic hunters of caribou, the Nunamiut of Anaktuvuk now find their destiny tied to that of Alaska’s oil-rich North Slope, their lives suddenly subject to a century’s worth of innovations, from electricity and bush planes to snow machines and the Internet.
A vivid description of the people and the life of Anaktuvuk Pass, the essays in Upside Down are also an absorbing meditation on the changes that Blackman herself underwent during her time there, most wrenchingly the illness of her husband, a fellow anthropologist, and the breakup of their marriage.
unp.unl.edu /bookinfo/4483.html   (668 words)

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