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	Nome, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nome is a city located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast of Norton Sound in the Nome Census Area, Alaska.
		In the winter of 1925, a diphtheria epidemic among Eskimos in Nome was halted when, during fierce blizzard conditions, a sled team arrived with serum.
		In 1925, Nome was the destination of the famous "Great Race of Mercy", where dog sleds played a large part in transporting diphtheria serum through harsh conditions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nome,_Alaska (1232 words)

	Nome LEPC
		Nome was built along the Bering Sea, on the Seward Peninsula, 510 air miles north of Anchorage, after the "Three Lucky Swedes" discovered gold on Anvil Creek in 1898.
		Nome is envisioned as becoming the focal point for the, as yet unorganized, Bering Straits LEPD, which will include St. Lawrence Island, Diomede, and all the Seward Peninsula communities from Shishmaref to Stebbens.
		Nome is not considered to be in a high risk area for earthquakes and the danger from tsunamis is minimal.
	www.ak-prepared.com /serc/lepc/nome.htm (311 words)

	Nome
		Nome Eskimo Community (NEC) was formed in 1939 by the Nome Native population.
		The Alaska Native people who lived in Nome at that time came from all of the villages in the Bering Strait Region, primarily seeking employment.
		The City of Nome was built in 1901 along the Bering Sea, on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula.
	www.kawerak.org /tribalHomePages/nomeEskimo (478 words)

	Nome Alaska
		The population of Nome is a mixture of Inupiat Eskimos and non-Natives.
		Nome is classified as an a large town/Regional Center, it is found in EMS Region 5A in the Norton Sound Region.
		Nome is a regional center of transportation for surrounding villages.
	www.alaskatravel.com /alaska/nome.html (1012 words)

	Fairbanks Alaska Visitor Information Site
		Fairbanks, Alaska, 358 miles north of Anchorage (by way of the Parks Highway), likes to think that it (instead of Delta) is the end of the Alaska Highway.
		Alaska may be known for its harsh winter climate, but Fairbanksans prefer to enjoy their wonderful summers to the fullest while they can.
		Fairbanks is called "The Golden Heart of Alaska," a reference to the character of her people as much as to the location in Alaska's interior, or to the discovery of gold in 1902.
	fairbanks-alaska.com (488 words)

	Nome Alaska, Alaskan cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nome is built on a bench of gently sloping coastline on the shores of the Bering Sea, 540 air miles west of Fairbanks, 510 air miles northwest of Anchorage, and only seven jet minutes from Siberia.
		The town, with a population of 3,700, is the center of commerce for Northwestern Alaska and has schools, churches, a hospital, bank, air charter services, hotels, bars, a number of stores and shops, as well as Alaska's oldest newspaper (the Nome Nugget), cable television, government offices and RCA communications.
		Gold discoveries in the Nome area had been reported as far back as 1865 by Western Union surveyors seeking a route across Alaska and the Bering Sea.
	www.bellsalaska.com /nome.html (634 words)

	The Nome Gold Rush, Alaska Science Forum
		Most of the credit for the Nome gold rush goes to the trio of John Byrnteson, Erik Lindblom and Jafet Lindeberg, who became known as the "The Three Lucky Swedes," although Lindeberg was actually a Norwegian.
		Weather had driven their ship into the mouth of the Snake River, about 13 miles west of Cape Nome, and they passed the time waiting for the winds to subside by prospecting the creeks within a radius of four or five miles.
		The coast was icebound for the season, but gold seekers began descending on the tent town in the spring of 1899.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /ScienceForum/ASF7/729.html (604 words)

	Nome, Alaska
		Nome is host to the Bering Sea Ice Classic, a six hole golf tournament played on the ice, the Polar Bear Swim, and the Midnight Sun Festival in June.
		Nome is at sea level, surrounded by rolling hills (1500-4700 ft.) of Arctic tundra, dotted with a variety of miniature plants, berries and wildflowers.
		At one point Nome was the largest city in Alaska, the population is estimated to have reached as high as 20,000, but the highest recorded population in 1900 was 12,488.
	fairbanks-alaska.com /nome-alaska.htm (2492 words)

	A Guide to Nome, Alaska - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Extensive development occurred both in Nome and in the surrounding region, bosted by the construction of a railroad in 1900.
		The famous Western gunfighter was one of Nome's best-known residents during the gold rush.
		Nome is the birthplace of sled dog racing as we know it today, and the Nome Kennel Club is the world's oldest mushing organization.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/alaska/nomeindex.html (496 words)

	Nome, Alaska (Cities)
		Nome is located in the Nome Census Area on the Seward Peninsula near the Arctic Circle on the shores of the Bering Sea.
		Today Nome, population 3,505, is the commercial and governmental hub of northwestern Alaska and the supply center for mining operations and Eskimo villages.
		Nome is host to the Bering Sea Ice Classic, a six-hole golf tournament played on the ice; the Polar Bear Swim on Memorial Day, and the Midnight Sun Festival in June.
	www.ohwy.com /usa/alaska/nome (233 words)

	Nome Alaska Photo Tour - Arctic Birds, Wildlife, Muskox, Scenery
		During the short but intense Arctic summer, Nome is a magnet for breeding birds, all in their most photogenic plumages.
		Nome also hosts Red-throated and Pacific Loons; Common and King Eider; Harlequin Duck and all three Scoters; Willow and Rock Ptarmigans; Parasitic, Pomarine, and Long-tailed Jaegers; Black-legged Kittiwake and Arctic and Aleutian Terns; Lapland Longspur, Common and Hoary Redpolls, and more.
		Nome is a location that provides you with great Alaskan subjects and unique access to a vast and remote wilderness.
	www.rpphoto.com /trips/nome (380 words)

	Nome, Alaska Photos
		With a population of 4,000, Nome is a compact town, hemmed in by ice for 6 to 7 months out of the year.
		A creek, really, the Nome River originates in the Kigluaik Mountains about 25 miles north of Nome, and is accessible by road at the mouth, and from about mile 8 all the way to the headwaters.
		Located just off the end of Nome's runway 09, the Nome cemetary is home for hundreds of graves, many from the early 1900's gold rush, many of the wooden crosses deteriorated or missing.
	www.tomsnome.com /nomephot.html (3532 words)

	Alaska.com \| Other cities & towns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nome, Alaska, gained fame more than 100 years ago for the fabulous wealth found in its mountains and its beaches of gold.
		Nome sits on south side of the Seward Peninsula of Western Alaska.
		Although the gold-mining business has been reduced considerably from the days when Nome was 20,000-resident boomtown, one large company remains, tour companies help visitors pan for gold, and the beach east of Nome is open to free public panning and dredging.
	www.alaska.com /places/cities/other_cities/story/4565654p-4696318c.html (2133 words)

	City of Nome, Alaska
		The City of Nome is Alaska's oldest continuous first class city, incorporated on April 9, 1901.
		Nome is located on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula facing Norton Sound, part of the Bering Sea.
		The city is the commercial hub of northwestern Alaska, as well as the site for the finish of the 1049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage each March.
	www.nomealaska.org (93 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - City of Nome/Alaska Gold Company Site, Nome, Alaska
		Arsenic and mercury contamination is widespread throughout the Nome, Alaska area, and available for human exposure through groundwater, surface water, soil, sediments, air, and bioaccumulation in food species.
		An EPA Technical Assistance Team (TAT) conducted air, water, soil, and sediment sampling during October 1986 to define the lateral extent of arsenic and mercury contamination in the Nome vicinity and to evaluate the risks posed to public health as a result of contamination.
		Results of domestic well samples taken at three different Nome, Alaska locations revealed a maximum arsenic level of 24 ppb and mercury levels 0.2 ppb or less.
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/alaskag/agc_p1.html (1779 words)

	Study of William E. Beltz School, Nome, Alaska (1969)
		Transportation to Nome is provided by a single school bus, which the school shares with the Nome schools.
		As soon as guidelines for the operation of the school are worked out, the administration should work with the public agencies in Nome with which it is likely to share concern over the well-being of the students to develop either formal or informal understandings on how cases are to be handled.
		Third, prospective teachers in Alaska universities should be encouraged to do their practice teaching at Beltz if they have shown an interest in teaching the Natives of Alaska.
	www.alaskool.org /native_ed/historicdocs/Nome/study_of_beltz_school/beltz.html (5329 words)

	Nome Alaska Guide - Pictures and Information for Travelers including Hotel Reviews
		Nome Alaska, with a population of approximately 3,800, is located on the south coast of the Seward Pennisula in western Alaska.
		Nome's Iditarod Festival includes craft fairs, art shows, a golf tournament on the frozen Bering Sea, musical performances, frozen turkey bowling, and other activities.
		Aging gold dredging relics can be seen scattered around Nome, including The Swanberg Dredge (pictured at left), which is an easy walk from downtown.
	www.angelfire.com /trek/nome (339 words)

	Gold Mining in Nome, Alaska
		This is the Nome River shortly before it empties into the Bering Sea (technically, Norton Sound), close to the site where the Three Lucky Swedes discovered the first gold strike in Nome in 1898.
		Broke and desolate, the three were walking along the bank of the Nome River when one of them supposedly kicked a shoe against the sand in frustration and uncovered a large gold nugget.
		If it weren't for tourism, Nome would be well on its way to becoming a ghost town, so if you're considering an excursion to Nome on your trip to Alaska and find it too expensive, remember you're helping to preserve Alaska's history and go, anyway - it's well worth it.
	www.funtongue.org /alaska/arctic_22.html (446 words)

	Nome Nugget Publishing Corp. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This aerial photo shows the little frontier town of Nome Alaska surrounded on all sides by winter.
		The land, the rivers and the sea are frozen, covered in snow.
		Nome is internationaly known as a gold rush frontier town, as the finish line for the 'Last great Race', the Iditarod dog sled race and as the northern breeding grounds for hundreds of species of bird life.
	www.nomenugget.com (92 words)

	The Nome Nugget - Front Page - March 16, 2006
		FULL HOUSE— The Iditarod Headquarters in Nome was filled to the brim with autograph seekers during last Saturday's Meet the Mushers event.
		All finishers of this year's race were present along with their families, fans, Nome host families and hundreds of volunteers.
		The 2005 Iditarod was plagued with warm weather, even rain, while the 2006 Iditarod dog teams experienced temperatures down to -45° F in the Interior, howling winds and whiteout conditions on the Yukon River, and then — on and off — blistering winds along the Bering Sea coast.
	www.nomenugget.net (3508 words)

	The History of Nome, Alaska - ExploreNorth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nome was built along the Bering Sea, on the south coast of the Seward Peninsula, facing Norton Sound.
		The community is located in the Cape Nome Recording District.
		The aerial photograph of Nome was taken in March 1995 by Tom Busch, and is used here with permission.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/communities/alaska/bl-Nome.htm (312 words)

	Birding in Nome, Alaska
		Nome is far north of the tree line, and each year, the residents put all their Christmas trees (which have to be either collected from Council before the roads close for the winter or flown in) out on the ice after Christmas, and call it the Nome National Forest.
		Birding close to Nome was wonderful, but as we got further afield, the proportion of snow to open tundra got greater, until we were driving through a surreal landscape of white road, white tundra and white sky.
		We reported the poor thing when we got back to Nome and some wildlife folk were dispatched to destroy it, to prevent the spread of the disease to other foxes.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/Hotspots/Alaska2001/nome.html (1696 words)

	Nome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The very small city of Nome, North Dakota (in Barnes County, North Dakota), USA
		Frank Baum, Nome was the spelling of Gnome, which was used because Baum felt the former to be too difficult for young children to pronounce.
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nome (112 words)

	Eagle-Eye Tours - Nome, Alaska
		Nome sits astride a strategic location with the Bering Sea and Asia west, and interior forest mountains east.
		Birds of Nome begins with late afternoon departure of Alaska Airlines jet to Nome: a 500-mile flight across western Alaska to the Seward Peninsula.
		Nome has the longest history and most deserved reputation of any birding destination in Alaska.
	www.eagle-eye.com /Locations/Alaska_Nome.html (869 words)

	Nome, Alaska Photo Gallery - Matt Hagadorn Bird Photography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nome is located on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska, just 102 miles below the Arctic Circle.
		It quickly became the largest city in Alaska with an estimated population of 20,000 when gold was discovered in 1898.
		Today, with a more pedestrian population of 3,700 people, Nome is a fantastic location to see and photograph arctic bird species on their breeding grounds in the Spring.
	www.mhbirdphoto.com /galleries/nome.html (81 words)

	Tim's Top Alaska Webcams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Here are all the Alaska Cams that I have found outside of Anchorage.
		If Alaska were cut in half and became 2 States, Texas would drop to 3rd largest State in the US.
		I'm always on the lookout for more Alaska Cams so if run across any I don't have let me know ok. To view the most current picture from the various locations just "Reload" the page.
	www.alaska.net /~spdskatr/topalaskacams_320.htm (154 words)

	Highlights of the History of Alaska Radio Mission - Station KNOM, Nome, Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Operating with 25,000 Watts from Nome, Alaska, KNOM has been made possible by the dedication and hard work, the love and sacrifice of thousands of people.
		Poole’s new application is submitted to Alaska Native groups for approval, and shuffles between Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickel, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the U.S. House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, and several others.
		Some 500 miles east of Nome with a population of about 7,000, Anadyr is the closest town of that size to Nome.
	www.knom.org /highlights (8390 words)

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