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  Maniilaq Association | Kobuk
Kobuk is located on the right bank of the Kobuk River, about 7 miles northeast of Shungnak and 128 miles northeast of Kotzebue.
Kobuk is an Iñupiat Eskimo village practicing a traditional subsistence lifestyle, dependent on whitefish, caribou, and moose for meat sources.
Kobuk was founded in 1899 as a supply point for mining activities in the Cosmos Hills to the north.
www.maniilaq.org /kobuk.html   (383 words)

  
 Alaska Division of Community Advocacy
Kobuk is located on the right bank of the Kobuk River, about 7 miles northeast of Shungnak and 128 air miles northeast of Kotzebue.
Kobuk is located in the transitional climate zone.
Kobuk was founded in 1899 as a supply point for mining activities in the Cosmos Hills to the north, and was then called Shungnak.
www.dced.state.ak.us /dca/commdb/CF_BLOCK.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Kobuk&Data_Type=Overview   (428 words)

  
 KOBUK VALLEY NATIONAL PARK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The park is enclosed by the Baird and Waring mountains, and includes the central section of the Kobuk River, the 25 square mile Great Kobuk Sand Dunes, and the Little Kobuk and Hunt River and dunes, which were created by the grinding action of ancient glaciers and carried by wind to the valley.
Kobuk Valley National Park has a gross area of about 1,750,700 acres, of which 1,660,000 of the acres is in federal ownership.
The river's mid-section, as it passes the Kobuk Valley, is wide, slow moving and clear, and its banks and bottom are sandy.
www.realtyalaska.com /kobuk_valley.htm   (566 words)

  
 Kobuk Valley National Park Information Page
Kobuk Valley National Park was proclaimed a national monument 01 Dec 1978, and established as a national park 02 Dec 1980.
It includes the central section of the Kobuk River, the 25-square-mile (40.3 km) Great Kobuk Sand Dunes, and the Little Kobuk and Hunt River and dunes, which were created by the grinding action of ancient glaciers and carried by wind to the valley.
The Kobuk Valley is partially forested and is typical of the broad transition zone between forest and tundra.
www.kobuk.valley.national-park.com /info.htm   (3214 words)

  
 Kobuk Valley National Park (National Park Service)
Kobuk Valley National Park is encircled by the Baird and Waring mountain ranges.
Dunes now cover much of the southern portion of the Kobuk Valley, where they are naturally stabilized by vegetation.
River bluffs, composed of sand and standing as high as 150 feet, hold permafrost ice wedges and the fossils of Ice Age mammals.
www.nps.gov /kova   (107 words)

  
 Park Detail: Arctic Network, Inventory and Monitoring Program
The Waring Mountains, to the south of the Kobuk River, are broadly folded, northeast trending mountains primarily of Cretaceous sedimentary rock.
The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes display a complete and readily observable sequence of dune development, from the U shaped, concave dunes with vegetative cover in the eastern portion of the field, to the crescent shaped, unvegetated brachan dunes, which stand over 30 m high, in the western portion.
The floodplains of the Kobuk River and its tributaries, including the Hunt, Akillik, and Salmon rivers, are characterized by silty and sandy sediments and gravel.
www1.nature.nps.gov /im/units/arcn/park_detail.cfm?park_id=4   (3688 words)

  
 Kobuk  River  Paddling Canoeing sand dunes  Kobuk Valley National Park rivers, Brooks Range Hiking, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Rising from the south flank of Alaska's Brooks Range, in Gates of the Arctic National Park, the Kobuk (“Big River” in Inupiaq) is an unusually transparent and placid river with deep oxbow bends and excellent fishing.
The Kobuk River is one of the major rivers of northwestern Alaska.
The Kobuk is a perfect introductory river to the Brooks Range and Alaska's subarctic boreal forest.
www.equinoxexpeditions.com /kobuk.html   (743 words)

  
 KOBUK: OBEDIENCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kobuk is pictured winning First Place in Novice A Obedience at 1 1/2 years old.
Kobuk obtained the final leg for his American CD at the Harrisburg Kennel Club trial in Pennsylvania with a score of 191.5, placing second in a very large class of 31 dogs and achieving Top Qualifying Alaskan Malamute.
Kobuk also made the cut for breed at the Area Specialty and pulled 700 lbs.
www.freehosting.hostrave.com /p/gildasgang/kobuk_ob.html   (146 words)

  
 Barefoot Contessa Adventures travel ~ Alaska, Kobuk River Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Kobuk or "big river" travels 347 miles from its headwaters in the Arrigetch Peaks near the Gates of the Arctic to Kotzebue Sound.
In the upper portion of the Kobuk River, we will be in the Brooks Range; in the lower reaches, the valley broadens, and we will most likely see lots of fish.
The Kobuk is host to all manner of wildlife - caribou, fl and brown bear, moose, beaver, wolf, fox, bald eagles, osprey, gaggles of Canada geese, as well as a plethora of ducks.
www.bcatrips.com /KobukRiverCanoeingAdventure.htm   (1019 words)

  
 Kobuk Valley National Park - Alaska State Park -
Kobuk Valley National Park pictures from the US National Parks photo gallery - Pictures of Kobuk Valley National Park, part of a gallery of pictures of US National Parks...
Kobuk Valley National Park; Float Trips in the Arctic of Alaska - Kobuk & Salmon Wild - Kobuk Valley National Park; Float Trips in the Arctic of Alaska - Kobuk & Salmon Wild & Scenic Rivers.
Kobuk Valley National Park boasts the fewest tourists per year of any national park, since there are no roads into the park or facilities once you are there.
www.stateparks.com /kobuk_valley.html   (504 words)

  
 Kobuk, Alaska - links to government resources and information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hunt Area: Unit 23, that portion of the Kobuk River drainage north of the north bank of the Kobuk River and Melvin Channel downstream of the Kobuk Valley...
Hunt Area: Unit 23, that portion of the Kobuk River drainage upstream of the Kobuk Valley National Park boundary near Ambler excluding Gates of the Arctic...
Geology of Cape Krusenstern, Noatak, and Kobuk Valley; Northwest...
www.us-news-watch.com /Alaska/Kobuk.html   (402 words)

  
 Kobuk Valley National Park Visitors Guide
Kobuk Valley National Park is perfect for primitive backcountry experiences, as there are no amenities in the park.
The Kobuk Valley National Park is a remote, rugged area with lots of primitive hiking and backcountry experiences to enjoy.
Kobuk Valley National Park is a vast area subject to harsh weather, high winds, rain and snow.
www.kobuk.valley.national-park.com /visit.htm   (547 words)

  
 Kobuk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kobuk is located on the right bank of the Kobuk River, about 7 miles Northeast of Shungnak and 158 air miles Northeast of Kotzebue.
The City is interested in developing a limited sport fishing enterprise, for shee fish in summer and burbot in winter, under contract to a private company.
There are many trails along the river for year-round inter-village travel and subsistence activities, including a 7-mile ice road to Shungnak during the winter..
www.alaskajen.com /Kobuk.htm   (462 words)

  
 Browning Kobuk Sleeping Bag   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Browning's Kobuk rectangular sleeping bag features a durable 10 ounce cotton duck outer shell and a 100% cotton yarn dyed flannel liner.
Kobuk is oversized, 82" long by 40" wide, and comes with a convenient duffle bag for travel and storage.
The heavy duty zipper has an insulated draft tube to prevent air penetrating the zipper coils and the zipper opens fully so the Kobuk can be used as a blanket or comforter.
www.golfrangefinders.com /bag_kobuk.html   (113 words)

  
 Kobuk River -- Alaska waterways
The following is a day-by-day account of a field inspection of the Upper Kobuk River from Walker Lake to the village of Kobuk conducted August 8 through August 20, 1974.
The Kobuk was floated again in rafts in August 1980, with staff from NPS.
Further downriver, the Kobuk is a major travel corridor for local inhabitants.
www.outdoorsdirectory.com /boating/arl/kobuk.htm   (3740 words)

  
 Dillman, Karen L.*, Linda H. Geiser, Jim Riley, and Gary Laursen.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes of the Kobuk Valley National Park in northwestern Alaska (67° 07.636' N, 159° 02.371' W) were surveyed for lichens in August of 1999 and 2000.
These 62 sq.km sand dunes are located in the Kobuk River valley about 160 km east of the town of Kotzebue, Alaska and the Chukchi Sea.
The sand dunes were created during the late Pleistocene and consist of calcareous sands eroded from the Brooks Range by glaciers and transported to their present location by the Kobuk River and wind.
www.botany2001.org /section1/abstracts/28.shtml   (258 words)

  
 Pictures of Kobuk Valley National Park - US National Parks photos - stock photography and fine art prints
Kobuk Valley National Park is located in Northwestern Artic Alaska, entirely above the Artic Circle, at the northern limit of the Boreal forest.
Delimited by the Warring Mountains in the South and the Baird Mountains in the North, it is the centerpiece of a vast ecosystem, of which the most visible inhabitants are the caribou of the Western Artic herd.
With no roads in the park or even within hundreds of miles of it, the prefered way of exploring it is by paddling the Kobuk River, wide and placid.
www.terragalleria.com /parks/np.kobuk-valley.html   (529 words)

  
 Sean Kobuk
From his birthplace Noorvik, Alaska (located on the banks of the Kobuk river) to the diverse list of groups he has performed in, there is nothing ordinary about Sean Kobuk.
After college Kobuk moved to San Francisco and did a stint in seminal queer punk band Fagbash before forming the heavy/melodic Bless and Burn with brother Darren on drums.
Sean Kobuk's first full length recording, Angels in the Rearview Mirror, was released on I-Town records in December of 2004.
www.seankobuk.com /bio.htm   (378 words)

  
 Cabela's Iditarod - Pre-Race Coverage - King Storms to Kobuk 440 Win   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Kobuk 440 is an out and back race, with the start and finish line in the northern Seward Peninsula city of Kotzebue - a hub for surrounding villages.
The first half of the Kobuk 440 is run on the Kobuk River, and second portion (about 150 miles) is run on tundra and low hills, said Chuck Schaeffer, the race marshall.
But the Kobuk's checkpoints are far apart, and mushers are exposed to the elements in this largely treeless country.
www.cabelasiditarod.com /coverage_2004/little_kobuk_king.html   (1099 words)

  
 COVERAGE KOBUK_GEO - Geology - Kobuk River Basin
A GIS coverage of the geology of the Kobuk River Basin can be used to determine the type and amount of rock for a given watershed, to help understand the chemistry of water which drain a certain type of rock, or in explaining runoff characteristics for a specific stream.
Procedures_Used The GIS of the geology of the Kobuk River Basin was created by obtaining a statewide goology coverage of Alaska done by Beikman in 1980.
Using the ARC/INFO CLIP command and the basin boundary of the Kobuk River Basin, the geology coverage of the Kobuk Basin was created.
agdc.usgs.gov /data/usgs/water/metadata/kobuk_geo.html   (450 words)

  
 Weather Kobuk AK Weather Forecast - Find Local Kobuk AK 99751 Weather   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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www.findlocalweather.com /forecast/AK/Kobuk.html   (436 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Kobuk River   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Kobuk River is a river, approximately 347 mi (555 km) long, in the Arctic region of northwestern Alaska in the United States.
In it lower reaches, where it passes between the Baird and Warring mountains, it traverses Kobuk Valley National Park, the location of the 25 sq mi (62 sq km) Kobuk Sand Dunes.
In 1898 the river was the scene of a brief gold rush called the Kobuk River Stampede.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kobuk-River   (354 words)

  
 COVERAGE KOBUK_ECO - Ecoregions - Kobuk River Basin
A GIS coverage of the ecoregions of the Kobuk River Basin can be used to determine the type and amount of ecoregions for a given watershed.
Procedures_Used The GIS of the ecoregions of the Kobuk River Basin was created by obtaining a statewide ecoregion coverage of Alaska done by Gallant and others in 1995.
Using the ARC/INFO CLIP command and the basin boundary of the Kobuk River Basin, the ecoregions coverage of the Kobuk River Basin were created.
agdc.usgs.gov /data/usgs/water/metadata/kobuk_eco.sgml   (363 words)

  
 AlaskaOne.com - Travel Planning Information for Alaska
The Great Kobuk Sand Dunes -- 25 square miles of shifting dunes where summer temperatures can exceed 90F -- is the largest active dune flat in the arctic latitudes.
The Kobuk Valley remains an important area for traditional subsistence harvest of caribou, moose, bears, fish, waterfowl, and many edible and medicinal plants.
The slow-moving, gentle Kobuk River is popular for fishing and canoeing or kayaking.
www.alaskaone.com /kobuk_valley/kobuk.html   (224 words)

  
 KOBUK NAKINA
Kobuk displays confidence when interacting with larger male bears at the Center, Revel and Stoke, and can spend hours wrestling with either one.
Being from the interior part of Alaska, Kobuk and Nakina will be about the same size as bears of Yellowstone with weights between 450 and 600 pounds.
Kobuk and Nakina were named by a West Yellowstone and Delta Junction elementary student who picked these names after the rivers near the bears birthplace.
www.grizzlydiscoveryctr.com /kobukandnakinachanges.html   (155 words)

  
 GORP - Kobuk Valley National Park, Alaska, Adventure, Travel, Outdoor Recreation, Trips, Tours
Kobuk Valley is not your ordinary national park.
Not even Kobuk Valley's park headquarters is in Kobuk Valley; it's in Kotzebue, Alaska, an airplane ride away.
Kobuk Valley is home to world-class fishing, the best of which occurs from July to September when the fish are running.
gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_park/ak_kobuk.htm   (892 words)

  
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Ambler is located on the north bank of the Kobuk River, near the confluence of the Ambler and the Kobuk Rivers.
The Kobuk River is navigable from the end of May to early October.
The Kobuk River is navigable from the end of May to mid-October.
www.nwabor.org /profiles   (8065 words)

  
 Salmon River -- Alaska waterways
During the third week in August 1975, an official field inspection was made of the Salmon River, a tributary of the Kobuk.
The Salmon River was descended by boat from near its headwaters to its confluence on the Kobuk, and then the Kobuk was floated to the village of Kiana.
Kobuk 200 yards wide, current 2 MPH, great distances can be seen up and down river; 2 miles of river commonly seen up or down river, with low mountains in background.
www.outdoorsdirectory.com /boating/arl/salmon.htm   (3475 words)

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