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  Maniilaq Association | Kotzebue
Kotzebue lies on a 3-mile-long spit ranging in width from 1,100 to 3,600 feet located on the Baldwin Peninsula near the discharges of the Kobuk and Noatak Rivers.
The population of Kotzebue is 3,082, 75 percent of which is Iñupiat Eskimos among whom subsistence activities are an integral part of the lifestyle.
Kotzebue is the service and transportation center for the eleven villages in the Northwest Arctic Borough.
www.maniilaq.org /kotzebue.html   (1221 words)

  
 High school student paper: The Long Range Effects on Locally Important Marine Resources of the Proposed Deepwater Port ...
Kotzebue is bordered by the Kotzebue Sound to the west and the Hotham Sound to the east.
The predominately Native Alaskan community of Kotzebue, with a population of 3,500 residents, is a commercial and administrative hub for the nine surrounding villages of the Northwest Arctic Borough.
Kotzebue is not connected to any road system; however motor traffic between villages does occur in the winter months on the ice roads.
www.uaf.edu /seagrant/nosb/papers/2003/kotzebue-port.html   (2237 words)

  
 KOTZEBUE ALASKA
Kotzebue is located in Northwest Arctic County This settlement is located on the Bering Strait north of the Arctic Circle.
Kotzebue is the hub of 11 NANA (Northwest Arctic Native Association) Region villages.
Kotzebue with a population of approximately 3,500, is a central hub for the surrounding 25,000 square mile area that is home for an additional 4,000 Inupiat Eskimo in eleven villages.
www.fortunecity.com /millennium/ratty/1099/my.world/kotzebue.html   (1138 words)

  
 Kotzebue Alaska
Kotzebue is on the Baldwin Peninsula in Kotzebue Sound, on a 3-mile-long spit, which ranges in width from 1,100 to 3,600 feet.
Kotzebue is located in the transitional climate zone, which is characterized by long, cold winters and cool summers.
Kotzebue is classified as a large town/Regional Center, it is found in EMS Region 4A in the Maniilaq Association Region.
www.alaskatravel.com /alaska/kotzebue.html   (960 words)

  
 Kotzebue
Kotzebue, located on the Baldwin Peninsula in Kotzebue Sound, is 549 air miles northwest of Anchorage and 26 miles above the Arctic Circle.
Kotzebue is the service and transportation center for all villages in the northwest region.
Kotzebue has a transitional climate zone with an average low temperature during January of -12, and an average high during July of 58 degrees.
www.alaskahomertravel.com /Far_North/Kotzbue.htm   (394 words)

  
 Native Village of Kotzebue Alaska, Kotzebue IRA, Current Projects, Qikiktagruk
Bearded seals are the most important marine mammal subsistence species for hunters in Kotzebue Sound and they are harvested extensively in spring on the pack ice and fall in open water and as freeze-up approaches.
Kotzebue hunters participated in or conducted all seal capture activities.
Kotzebue IRA staff Alex Whiting assisted with administrative and scientific aspects of the project.
www.kotzebueira.org /current_projects.html   (5108 words)

  
 Kotzebue
Kotzebue has a population of 3,500 people and is located on the Seward Peninsula between Nome and Barrow in Northwest Alaska.
Kotzebue is on the coast of the Chukchi Sea and has access to rivers such as the Noatak that can be traveled on to get to other villages.
Kotzebue is a "Damp Community", which means that alcohol can be shipped in but it is not sold anywhere in the community.
www.nwarcticea.org /Kotz.htm   (794 words)

  
 Kotzebue, Alaska in 131 images   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kotzebue lies on a sandy stretch of coastline 33 miles north of the Arctic Circle, far in the northern wilderness of Alaska.
The Kotzebue Sound stretches to the north and west of the town, and on the other side, the land surrounding it is marshy and dotted with large and small lakes.
Kotzebue is laid out on several criss-crossing streets aligned roughly with the coastline.
www.untraveledroad.com /USA/Alaska/Arctic/Kotzebue.htm   (391 words)

  
 Kotzebue Alaska, Kotzebue AK
Kotzebue, with a population of about 3000, is the largest Eskimo community above the North American Arctic Circle.
For hundreds of years Kotzebue, or Qikiqtagruk as it is called in Inupiaq, the Eskimo language of the area, has been the trading and gathering center for the entire area.
This was later changed to Kotzebue in honor of Captain Otto Von Kotzebue, a Russian naval officer, who sailed into the Sound in 1816 on a round-the-world voyage in which he attempted to find a northwest passage.
www.bellsalaska.com /kotzebue.html   (658 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The residents of Kotzebue are primarily Inupiaq Eskimos, and subsistence activities are an integral part of the lifestyle.
Kotzebue is the service and transportation hub for all villages in the northwest region.
Kotzebue is the transfer point between ocean and inland shipping for northwest Alaska.
www.alaskacommercial.com /Cities/Kotzebue/Kotzebue.html   (462 words)

  
 August von Kotzebue at AllExperts
After the death of his first wife, Kotzebue retired from the Russian service, and lived for a time in Paris and Mainz; he then settled in 1795 on an estate which he had acquired near Reval and devoted himself to writing.
Besides his plays, Kotzebue wrote several historical works, which, however, are too one-sided and prejudiced to have much value.
Kotzebue is to be seen to best advantage in his comedies, such as Der Wildfang, Die beiden Klingsberg and Die deutschen Kleinstädter, which contain admirable genre pictures of German life.
en.allexperts.com /e/a/au/august_von_kotzebue.htm   (901 words)

  
 Extreme Alaska: Surviving the Cold Rush: Seeking Solutions
Kotzebue is one of several villages in Alaska that are developing wind farms to harness the immense power sweeping across the tundra.
The wind farm in Kotzebue produces electricity, but relies on the diesel generator to compensate for the unstable wind.
Kotzebue Electric has also partnered with the community of Wales in a joint project that has been using wind for six years.
www.uaf.edu /journal/extreme/surviving/Seeking_Solutions/kotzebue.html   (1035 words)

  
 Kotzebue
I was able to see the "windmill farm" which is used when the wind is blowing really hard, however it only produces about 8% of the needed power for the city.
The population of Kotzebue is about 3,500 people, all of which are squeezed together on a limited amount of space.
Of course my real reason for travelling to Kotzebue was to spend it with a wonderful young lady.
www.geocities.com /samak71/kotzebue/kotzebue.htm   (611 words)

  
 Kotzebue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
With his sharp polemics, which were adopted in many places, Kotzebue helped speeding up the development of a general literary discussion at his time.
The beginning of Kotzebue's career as an editor and publisher of various periodicals was marked by four volumes of »Für Geist und Herz« (»For Mind and Heart«).
Even today, Kotzebue's dramatic writings as well as his periodicals are of importance when studying the literary life of that time.
www.haraldfischerverlag.de /hfv/kotzebue_engl.html   (808 words)

  
 [www.cityofkotzebue.com] City of Kotzebue
The City, or Native Village, of Kotzebue is located 33 miles North of the Arctic Circle on Alaska's Western coast.
Kotzebue is the location of many other services and businesses:
Kotzebue gained "All America City" award in 1980-81
kotzpdweb.tripod.com /city/index.html   (302 words)

  
 Kotzebue : Introduction | Frommers.com
A "village," in Alaskan parlance, is a remote Native settlement in the Bush, generally with fewer than a few hundred residents, where people live relatively close to the traditional lifestyle of their indigenous ancestors.
Kotzebue is a support hub for the villages of the Northwest Arctic, with jet service and a booming cash economy, but it's populated and run by the Iñupiat -- fish-drying racks and old dog sleds are scattered along the streets, and Native culture is thriving.
As I was told, "You have to shoot something or burn a lot of gas to have any fun around here." There may or may not be an interactive cultural tour available in 2006.
www.frommers.com /destinations/kotzebue/1532010001.html   (452 words)

  
 Kotzebue - Saint Francis Xavier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kotzebue is an Inupiat Eskimo village about 26 miles north of the Arctic Circle on the northwest shore of the Baldwin Peninsula in Kotzebue Sound.
Kotzebue's location had been used in the early days by the indigenous people as a fish camp and later, as a place for the establishment of a reindeer herd.
The Quaker Society were the first Christians to arrive in Kotzebue and founded a mission in 1899.
www.cbna.info /churches/kotzebue.html   (299 words)

  
 Kotzebue PO
The Kotzebue Probation Office is located in the Inupiat Village of Kotzebue 50 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
While the Superior Court is located in Kotzebue, the Superior Court Judge travels to remote sites in the region where trails and sentencings are conducted in local school and recreational areas.
Kotzebue is located 549 air miles northwest of Anchorage and 26 miles above the Arctic Circle on the Baldwin Peninsula in Kotzebue Sound, at the confluence of three river drainages.
www.correct.state.ak.us /corrections/communitycorr/KotzebuePO.htm   (412 words)

  
 Native Village of Kotzebue Alaska, Kotzebue IRA, Qikiktagruk Home Page
The Native Village of Kotzebue is the Federally-recognized Tribal government representing the Qikiktagrukmiut, the original inhabitants of the area of northwest Alaska surrounding modern day Kotzebue (Qikiktagruk).
The Tribe, a sovereign entity, is commonly called the Kotzebue IRA due to its organization pursuant to the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act and as amended for Alaska in 1936.
Membership of the Kotzebue IRA is estimated at 2500 persons, most of who belong to the original families of Qikiktagruk, although native peoples from other Tribes are members of the Kotzebue IRA.
www.kotzebueira.org   (140 words)

  
 The Only Restaurant in Kotzebue, Alaska
There are no roads or railroads connecting Kotzebue with the industrial or commercial infrastructure of south-central Alaska.
Kotzebue is reachable only by sea or air, and when the sea is frozen for five months every winter, the sea route is replaced by tractor and dogsled trails when the swampy tundra and inlets around Kotzebue freeze solid.
Concrete and lumber can be five times more expensive here than in the lower 48, but there's an additional construction challenge in Kotzebue, which we'll get to shortly.
www.funtongue.org /alaska/arctic_06.html   (290 words)

  
 Eva B. Seeley and the Kotzebue Malamutes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In fact, she was simultaneously running two breeding programs, one in order to produce working dogs, including crossbreeds, and the other to develop the purebred Alaskan Malamute.
Her pure Kotzebue dogs have both Heritage and Chinook as a kennel name, as in Heritage's Kotzebue Dakota.
While the continuing interbreeding of Kotzebue, M'Loot, Hinman-Irwin and Husky Pak lines to a large extent has blurred the orginial distinctions between the strains, the legacy of Eva "Short" Seeley will forever be remembered.
www.malamuteworld.com /seeley.html   (1511 words)

  
 Nome - Kotzebue Adventure
Kotzebue & Nome are two exciting Alaska destinations you won't want to miss when planning your vacation to Alaska.
All tours to Kotzebue include a visit to a cultural camp where native youth and elders, eager to carry on their cultural heritage, share traditional crafts and customs.
You'll depart the Anchorage Airport in the afternoon and fly to Kotzebue.
www.alaskawildland.com /nome---kotzebue-adventure-p.htm   (774 words)

  
 Kotzebue News
A ceremony is planned Thursday morning in Kotzebue to mark the first delivery of discount heating oil to that community under the CITGO-Venezuela Heating Oil Program.
Published: November 22, 2006 Last Modified: November 22, 2006 at 03:19 AM A young woman who brought alcohol into a dry village that contributed to the death of her boyfriend was sentenced in the village last...
Voters from Kotzebue to Ketchikan are deciding Tuesday who will best represent their interests in the Alaska Legislature next session.
www.topix.net /city/kotzebue-ak   (635 words)

  
 Kotzebue, Alaska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Northwest Arctic Borough is comprised of the Kotzebue Sound and cities along the Noatak and Kobuk Rivers in Northwest Alaska.
Kotzebue Sound was "discovered" in 1818 by the German Lt. Otto Von Kotzebue on behalf of Russia.
The City of Kotzebue is the transfer point between ocean and inland shipping for northwest Alaska.
www.alaskajen.com   (326 words)

  
 Kotzebue Adventure Travel - Kotzebue Travel Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
For adventurous outdoors people, Kotzebue offers access to huge areas of remote public land through which you can float on a raft or canoe.
Kobuk Valley National Park, with its bizarre sand dunes; Noatak National Preserve; and Cape Krusenstern National Monument are among the largest national park units in the country, and among the least visited.
As I was told, "You have to shoot something or burn a lot of gas to have any fun around here." Kotzebue is not set up for independent travelers except those of the most intrepid ilk, and they will most likely use the town as a way to get into the remote public lands.
away.com /destination-overview/Kotzebue-1883-travel-guide.html   (546 words)

  
 Kotzebue Electric Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
If Kotzebue Electric had failed the test, exceeding a limit of 45 pounds per hour of nitrogen oxide (NOX)—the most reliable gauge of total airborne pollutants—large fines would have been levied.
This testing is extremely accurate—so accurate that it required gases to be shipped into Kotzebue with known quantities of CO2, NOX and other chemicals for calibration (known as “zero and span”) of the testing equipment.
On a planet increasingly beset with environmental concerns, Kotzebue Electric Association, like many other producers of power, is caught between providing its members with low-cost electricity and complying with complex and sometimes contradictory regulations.
www.kea.coop /news/news_clean.html   (688 words)

  
 Alaska Day Trips
Tour 2 : Explore Kotzebue Tour includes all of tour 1 and an overnight in the village of Kotzebue at the full-service Nullagvik Hotel.
Explore Kotzebue at your own pace after participating in all the activities included with A Day in Kotzebue (Tour #1).
Enjoy A Day in Kotzebue including a visit to the Culture Camp, City Tour, Tundra Walk and Museum of the Arctic.
www.tour-arctic.com /tours.html   (592 words)

  
 Hepatitis Epidemic in Kotzebue
Since August 27, 101 cases of infectious hepatitis have occurred in the Kotzebue area.
The fact that young children are primarily involved strongly suggests that the adult population has protection to hepatitis from prior exposure to the disease.
While it is impossible to pinpoint the exact source of the outbreak, some evidence suggests, it was first introduced in Kivalina probably from Barrow and then spread to Kotzebue and to the remaining villages.
www.epi.hss.state.ak.us /bulletins/docs/b1974_21.htm   (461 words)

  
 Voyages: Kotzebue
Kotzebue described in his journal the dress of the Eskimos, and noted that
While they and Kotzebue were exploring the surrounding terrain of the sound, a group of Eskimos brought their canoes ashore nearby.
Otto von Kotzebue of Russia embarked on an expedition to explore and map the interior of the northwest region, seeking a waterway east to Baffin Bay.
www.lhl.lib.mo.us /events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/voyages/kotzebue.shtml   (317 words)

  
 Kotzebue Quadrangle NURE HSSR Study
To complete the Kotzebue quadrangle study, LASL analyzed the sediment samples from the remainder of the Kotzebue quadrangle for up to 45 additional elements.
With the exception of the uranium data, the 159 sediment records from the earlier Northern Seward Peninsula and vicinity GJBX-86(78) study were the same as corresponding records from the later Kotzebue quadrangle GJBX-179(82) report.
With the exception of the uranium data, the 198 water records from the earlier Northern Seward Peninsula and vicinity GJBX-86(78) study were the same as the corresponding records from the later Kotzebue quadrangle GJBX-179(82) report.
pubs.usgs.gov /of/1997/ofr-97-0492/quad_ak/q_kotzbu.htm   (1811 words)

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