Kodiak Island was advertised as one of the best locations in the world for polar launch operations, providing a wide launch azimuth and unobstructed downrange flight path.
The weather on Kodiak Island was similar to that of the northwest region of the U.S. with an average rainfall comparable to Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Kodiak was one of the busiest fishing ports in the U.S., and developed a sophisticated infrastructure to support that industry.
Kodiak Island Borough is a borough located in the state of Alaska, United States.
Most of the land area belongs to Kodiak Island, but a thin strip of coastal area on mainland Alaska and a few other nearby islands are also in the borough.
The waterway between the island and mainland is known as the Shelikof Strait.
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Kodiak, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Kodiak is a city located in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska.
Kodiak is a beautiful island, also referred to as "Alaska's Emerald Isle." With a maritime climate, Kodiak is known for its rain; this creates lush green during the summer months.
Kodiak is the second most lucrative fisheries port in the state (behind Dutch Harbor/Unalaska) and fourth most lucrative in the nation both in volume of seafood and value of seafood.
In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Kodiak Municipal Airport.
If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Kodiak Municipal Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.
Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
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Welcome to the City of Kodiak(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The City of Kodiak is situated on the second largest island in the United States, approximately 250 air miles southwest of Anchorage in the Gulf of Alaska.
The City of Kodiak was incorporated September 11, 1940.
The City of Kodiak operates under the Council-Manager form of government, which combines the abilities of a professionally trained, full-time manager, with the interested and dedicated services of elected citizens to enhance the safety, livability, and prosperity of the community.
Kodiak Island is famous for huge Kodiak brown bears, world-class sport fishing, one of the largest commercial fishing ports in the nation, and the magnificent green that the island turns during the summer--which is why Kodiak is affectionately called Alaska's Emerald Isle.
The Kodiak Island Borough, with a population of 13,900 persons includes The City of Kodiak, seven villages, the U.S. Coast Guard Base, plus several remote camps and lodges.
Kodiak Slide Show - A Photographic adventure displaying a many-faceted view of Kodiak from our city and its cultural heritage, village life, beautiful scenics, to our vast collection of wildlife.
Kodiak Wilderness Adventures is located on the northwest tip of Kodiak Island.
When traveling to Kodiak, you must fly into Anchorage, and then continue on down to Kodiak.
In addition to fishing packages, Kodiak Wilderness Adventures offers either duck hunting by itself, or a combo hunt which includes deer and duck hunting.
The city of Kodiak is located on Kodiak Island, in the Gulf of Alaska.
Residents in Kodiak’s Service District One area, between Bayside Fire Hall and Spruce Cape, are invited to the first meeting of a paving advisory committee, being organized by the service district board chairman Ed Mahoney.
They are Kodiak’s Duncan Fields, who has served on the council’s advisory panel since 2001, and Sam Cotton, a former state legislator, who is now a consultant for the Aleutians East Borough.
Latest local news from Kodiak, Alaska at the Kodiak Daily Mirror, the largest daily newspaper of Kodiak.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly meets tonight in a special meeting added to the assembly calendar to decide two items that need to be passed before the next regular meeting in July.
Both issues — gravel leases in Bell’s Flats that provide Kodiak’s primary source of concrete and paving rock and a contract to begin work on an earthquake-safety retrofit of Kodiak Middle School — have been on the minds of community members for years.
In April 1943, the Army erected a permanent 8-inch gun battery north of Kodiak and established it as a sub-post of Fort Greely, naming it Fort Abercrombie.
The US Navy chose Kodiak for their principal base because of the ice-free waters.
HARBOR DEFENSES OF KODIAK 1 NOVEMBER 1944 - This is the BIG book on the Army in Kodiak during WWII.
The Best Western Kodiak Inn nestles into the side of Pillar Mountain and overlooks downtown Kodiak and St. Paul Harbor.
The vaulted front lobby displays a large Kodiak Brown Bear, a lovely specimen of native mountain goat, as well as an award winning Moose rack.
Discover the town of Kodiak; with its stores, museums, historical Russian Orthodox Church, and Native cultural sites - all within walking distance of the lobby.
Kodiak Networks™ is the leading provider of mobile solutions that are proven to help wireless operators increase revenue, promote community/group-based communications, and improve customer retention.
Kodiak enables CDMA, GSM and UMTS carriers around the world to offer innovative mobile voice services via the comprehensive Kodiak Connected Portfolio™.
Kodiak Networks Scheduled to Present at Smart Phone Summit held during CTIA Wireless 2007 on March 26, 2007
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USCG Air Station Kodiak - U.S. Department of Homeland Security(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
We are located in Kodiak, Alaska about 250 miles S.W. of Anchorage.
We are part of District 17 with Headquarters located in Juneau, and now part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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