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	Shemya Island, the Aleutians
		Shemya is a two mile by four mile island at the end of the Aleutian chain, 200 miles from Russia.
		Shemya is the second last island in the chain, and on the outermost island were based a few Coast Guard members.
		I was surprised to discover that Alaska supposedly has more varieties of orchids than any other place (I don't remember where I read this, but I DID read it.) A friend was on leave during our month of summer; when he came back he was ohhing and ahhing because he discovered one bedraggled daisy.
	www.29eagles.com /aboutme/shemya (1997 words)

	Eareckson Air Station
		Shemya was originally intended as a B-29 base for the bombing of Japan.
		Shemya, instead, became the home of the 28th Bomber Group whose B-24s flew bomber and photo-reconnaissance missions against the northern Kurile Islands while its B-25s, based on Attu, attacked Japanese shipping in the North Pacific.
		Shemya was redesignated from an Air Force Station to an Air Force Base on 21 June 1968.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/facility/shemya.htm (1191 words)

	Archived Records Building - VFP Fire Systems
		Shemya is a two by four mile island located 1500 miles outside of Anchorage.
		Shemya Island is a strategic refueling stop for military aircraft, as well as a link in the United State's long-range early warning radar system.
		It was a challenge for the VFP crew because the weather on Shemya Island is unpredictable.
	www.vfpfire.com /projects/fire-sprinkler-systems.html (1013 words)

	SemichiSam's Shemya Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		I was on Shemya from January 1961 to January 1962.
		I'm putting together a history of Shemya as a military base.
		Shemya Timeline - Critical moments in the history of The Rock.
	members.aol.com /semichisam/shemya/sam.html (392 words)

	U.S. agents recover illegally dug Aleut artifacts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Shemya, one of the westernmost islands in Alaska's far-flung Aleutian chain, has been used for more than four decades as a U.S. Air Force station.
		Thousands of years earlier, Shemya was home to a permanent settlement of Aleuts who thrived on the sea's bounty there, Corbett said.
		Archaeologists believe Shemya settlement dates to 3,500 years ago, she said.
	members.aol.com /cmwwrc/marmamnews/97092503.html (303 words)

	Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Alaska Sea Grant encourages faculty to share logistics and expertise with government, industry, and other concerned constituent groups so that Sea Grant's investment benefits a larger context of regional concerns.
		NOS operates 17 long-term continuously operating tide stations in the state of Alaska which provide data and information on tidal datums, relative sea level trends, and are capable of producing real-time data for tsunami and storm surge warning.
		The goal of FOCI is to understand the influence of the ecosystem and climate variability on the abundance of commercially valuable fish and shellfish stocks in Alaskan waters.
	www.legislative.noaa.gov /noaainyourstate/alaska.html (5814 words)

	Army Communicator: 59th Signal Battalion extends local-area network more than 1,500 miles to Shemya - Signal Units (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Joe Lencz and Ray Pocaigue of the 59th traveled to Shemya to install the termination and LAN equipment necessary to extend Fort Richardson's LAN to the remote outpost.
		Shemya is located near the far western end of the Aleutian Island chain and is more than a five-hour flight from Anchorage.
		The requirement for LAN service originated in July 2002, but because of the unpredictable weather common to the Aleutians, flights were canceled or turned around while enroute due to poor weather.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PAA/is_1_28/ai_103992843 (319 words)

	Military Begins Missile-Defense Exercises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Although five ballistic missile interceptors are in their silos at Fort Greely, Alaska, they are not yet operational because their arming pins have not been removed, so the system is not considered "on alert" yet, Lehner said.
		The system includes a tracking radar on the Aleutian island of Shemya in Alaska, an early-warning radar at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., and command centers at Colorado Springs, Colo., and at Fort Greely.
		Shemya and Semichi Islands were named for the Russian discoverer.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1239816/posts (1587 words)

	AC 91-70 Oceanic Operations, an Authoritative Guide to Oceanic Operations (09-06-94)
		The preferred route to Alaska, Europe, midwestern United States, and U.S. east coast airports is by way of R580 - OZZIE - flight planned route.
		This frequency may be used prior to departure from the adjacent international airport to establish communication with the radio station, or for aircraft operating within range to relay progress reports or other messages to their company's operations.
		In such circumstances, communication may also be accomplished on VHF with certain stations, such as ADAK approach on 134.1 MHz; Shemya Tower on 126.2 MHz; Anchorage Center on 118.5 MHz (Cold Bay); on 124.4 MHz at Dutch Harbor; on 127.8 MHz at St. Paul Island; and on 128.2 MHz at Shemya.
	www.faa.gov /ATs/aat/ifim/ac91-70c04.htm (2852 words)

	Shemya Island Souvenir Shop
		Shemya Island, Alaska The "Black Pearl of the Aleutians"
		Shemya is located near the western end of the Aleutian chain, roughly 1500 miles away from Anchorage, Alaska.
		On March 31st, 1995, after 50 years of being a haven for U.S. military and military support personnel, Shemya was turned over to caretaker status to be operated by the DoD contractor firm of PMC.
	www.shemyaisland.com (280 words)

	Washington Bulletin
		Shemya is a forbidding environment lashed by high winds and cold seas.
		The Shemya radar, however, is an important ingredient for any system — whether it's the small one based in Alaska or something more vigorous.
		The projected completion date for the limited Alaska system already has slipped from 2005 to 2006, even though North Korea presumably will have missiles capable of delivering warheads to the continental United States in about two years.
	www.nationalreview.com /daily/nrprint040601.html (665 words)

	www.ilovealaska.com/ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Location: Earekson Air Force Station, or Shemya Station, is located on Shemya Island on the western end of the Aleutian Chain.
		Shemya was closed in 1995; there is currently a small group of caretakers residing on the Station.
		Climate: Shemya lies in the maritime climate zone.
	www.ilovealaska.com /Alaska/cities.cfm?cityid=297 (194 words)

	Gareloi - Bibliography
		Since its founding in the late 1980s, the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) has installed new monitoring networks and used satellite data to track activity at Alaska's volcanoes, providing timely warnings and monitoring of frequent eruptions to the aviation industry and the general public.
		Coombs M., and Browne, B., 2004, The 1929 eruption of Mount Gareloi, Alaska: A compositionally zoned, explosive fissure eruption of a predominantly mafic stratocone [abs.]: in Abstracts, IAVCEI General Assembly, Pucon, Chile, 2004, Abstract 3a-24.
		After the United States purchased Alaska in 1867, exploration and surveying was conducted by various government agencies, chiefly the U.S. Coast Survey and the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
	www.avo.alaska.edu /volcanoes/volcbib.php?volcname=Gareloi (3918 words)

	FY02 Ak Volcano Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The University requests continued funding for the Alaska Volcano Observatory(AVO) and recommends additional funding to place equipment in the vicinity of Shemya, Alaska, the potential site for Ballistic Missile Defense activities.
		USGS provides the Alaska Volcano Observatory office in Anchorage which takes responsibility for the issuance of warnings and forecasts.
		To expand monitoring to Shemya an additional $2M is required.
	www.alaska.edu /federal/fedinit02/Akvolcanoobservatory.html (300 words)

	TidBITS - Westernmost Wi-Fi
		The Alaska Marine Highway System has probably pushed mobile wireless LAN technology to its ultimate since it has already deployed a ship-to-shore wireless LAN communications system for the AMHS, which operates ferry ships serving ports in south central and southwest Alaska, the state's panhandle and the Aleutian Islands chain.
		Re: Westernmost Wi-Fi Nome, Alaska is farther west than Kauai, by a couple of degrees of longitude; but I couldn't tell you whether it has any hot spots.
		Shemya is located in the " Semichi Isls., W Aleutian Isls., SW Alaska, 150 mi/241 km WNW of Kiska Isl., and 50 mi/80 km ESE of Attu Isl.; 58°00'N 154°00'W. Airport has been important air force station and emergency landing field on N air route bet.
	emperor.tidbits.com /TidBITS/Talk/95 (1559 words)

	Building Construction/Improvements on Remote Island, Eareckson Air Station
		Eareckson Air Station is located on the extremely remote and tiny Shemya Island—2 miles wide by 4 miles long.
		Because no commercial flights serve Shemya Island, all personnel and equipment had to be transported by Air Force-chartered flights, which are routinely cancelled due to harsh weather.
		With no stores or equipment depots on the island, WESTON needed to ensure that if a pre-fabricated mechanical assembly didn’t fit in the field, extra materials and cutting/welding equipment were on-site to make modifications and prevent significant construction delays.
	www.westonsolutions.com /projects/project_eareckson.htm (530 words)

	Alaska Pictures - Map of the Aleutians - World War II
		Alaska Pictures - Map of the Aleutians - World War II Where the Williwaw Blows
		Where the Williwaw Blows is based on Feinberg’s two-year stint (1944-45) as a naval officer on the island of Adak in the Aleutians.
		In this darkly humorous novel, Feinberg turns a sardonic eye on the foibles of military life while he memorializes the quiet heroism of some of the men who were stationed on one of the bleakest military outposts of World War II.
	www.eubank-web.com /Donald/Aleutian/map-ak.htm (144 words)

	Yorkshire CND - Lawyers: Arms Treaty Allows Radar - 26/7/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The contractor needs months of lead time because of the remoteness of Shemya; if Clinton did not give the go-ahead this year, then construction work on the island could not begin until summer 2002.
		Cohen said a decision by Clinton to begin the construction work on Shemya might have the added benefit of moving the Russians toward an accommodation on the ABM treaty.
		On the other hand, awarding the construction contracts this fall would mean the next administration would have to decide quickly whether to proceed with the actual work in summer 2001 or to take a different approach to missile defense, Cohen said.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /yspace/articles/bmd201.htm (542 words)

	Shemya Homepage
		Shemya is located near the western end of the Aleutian chain, roughly 1500 miles away from Anchorage, Alaska (
		While cruising the 'net one day, I wondered if some obscure place like Shemya would have a web page...certainly the folks on the Island would have adequate time on their hands to do something creative like a web page...and cranked up the search engines to see what was available.
		If you missed the ominous clouds over the picture of Shemya at the top of the page, click on it and you can see the weather for the entire Aleutian chain.
	www.hlswilliwaw.com /aleutians/shemya-homepage.htm (531 words)

	051015 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		According to Maj. Jose Delarosa, AMC Test and Evaluation office, although the reentry vehicle used during a test is inert, it simulates a representation of an actual warhead an enemy may use to attack the United States.
		He said after the LRALT was dropped from the C-17, a parachute deployed to stabilize the missile, and a first-stage rocket motor ignited, sending the missile toward its target.
		In this case, he said the "target" was an area of the Pacific Ocean a few hundred miles northeast of Shemya Island.
	public.amc.af.mil /News/2005/October/051015.html (496 words)

	mparent7777: Everythin's Bigger in Texas: Sea-based X-band Radar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Both the decision to build SBX instead of a more capable ground-based radar in Alaska and recent test failures stem from a series of deliberate choices by the Bush Administration to meet the arbitrary 2004 election, er, end of year, deadline set by the President.
		This reduction may not be significant, since a detection range of 4,500 km corresponds to a radar horizon altitude of about 1,500 km, which is roughly the maximum altitude of a long-range missile.
		Unlike the planned Shemya XBR it does not have dual redundant electronics, so it is less reliable.
	www.livejournal.com /users/mparent7777/55723.html (818 words)

	NTI: Global Security Newswire
		Test facilities at Shemya are scheduled to be completed by mid-decade, according to Defense Department officials.
		Shemya Island provides an ideal strategic location but presents major logistical and weather problems.
		The military also plans to begin constructing a test missile complex at Fort Greely, Alaska, this summer and a transfer facility for shipping booster missile parts at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.
	www.nti.org /d_newswire/issues/2002/3/5/8s.html (234 words)

	Research & Science - Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Distribution of recoveries of Steller's eiders banded on the lower Alaska Peninsula, Alaska.
		Densities of Barrow's goldeneyes during winter in Prince William Sound, Alaska, in relation to habitat, food and history of oil contamination.
		Survey of songbirds during a spruce beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) outbreak on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
	www.r7.fws.gov /science/pub2000.htm (778 words)

	TRENDS: ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The monitoring site at Shemya Island, Alaska, is operated in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force.
		Annual atmospheric CO mixing ratios at Shemya Island have risen from 349.3 parts per million (ppm) in 1986 to 357.2 ppm in 1992, or 1.32 ppm per year.
		The record from Shemya Island exhibits a seasonal cycle: the yearly minimum occurs in August; the yearly maximum, between the late winter and spring.
	cdiac.esd.ornl.gov /trends/co2/noa2/shem-tre.htm (145 words)

	AngolaPress - News
		A target long-range ballistic missile was launched from a C-17 transport plane in the air, some 1,300 km from Shemya Island, Alaska, where the Cobra Dane radar was deployed, the agency said in a statement.
		Data obtained by the radar was relayed to command centers in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Fort Greely, Alaska, which then used it to aim interceptor missiles based in Alaska and California.
		The military did not launch interceptor missiles in the test, and it was the first time the upgraded radar had been tested as part of the ground-based missile defense system.
	www.angolapress-angop.ao /noticia-e.asp?ID=378122 (210 words)

	381st team repairs towers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The team’s purpose for coming to such a barren place was to refurbish as many antenna towers as possible in four weeks.
		Despite Shemya’s weather, which is usually foggy, windy and wet, work began by lowering the first tower.
		CESS maintains Shemya for the Air Force and was the first line of support for the team.
	aia.lackland.af.mil /homepages/pa/Spokesman/Jan01/atc15.htm (443 words)

	Aleutian's Home Page
		Visitors to this original site would share their experiences on "The Rock," and in many cases would send photos and stories relating their experiences while stationed there...which we also posted on this web site.
		As the original post-WWII Shemya web site took shape, the content quickly grew to include not only post-war inhabitants of the islands, but many WW-II veterans as well.
		Many additional visitors were stationed on islands other than Shemya, including the western-most island of Attu, and Adak, Amchitka, and Umnak as well.
	www.hlswilliwaw.com /aleutians (393 words)

	AlaskaPen links to the Aleutians Alaska Peninsula and Shumagin Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		City of Unalaska The Heart of the Aleutian Islands Unalaska, Alaska..
		City of False Pass Welcome to "The Pass", as False Pass is called all over southwest Alaska.
		Unga Tribal Council A non-profit organization for the preservation and advancement of native heritage of Unga Alaska...
	www.alaskapen.com /links.htm (290 words)

	Tsunami of 11-17-03
		A great earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.8 occurred at 0643 UTC 17 November 2003 and was located near Amchitka Island, Alaska (51.333°N, 178.641°E, 33km depth - USGS location).
		The earthquake produced a tsunami that was recorded at several tide gages (operated by NOAA/National Ocean Survey, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, the University of Hawaii, and the Japanese Meteorological Agency).
		Click on the Data File column to get the raw data for NOAA/NOS Alaska tide gages which have a 0.25 minute real-time output to the WC/ATWC.
	wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov /11-17-03/11-17-03.htm (192 words)

	DefenseLINK News: DoD Ushers in New Missile Defense Capability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		WASHINGTON, July 23, 2004 -- A historic moment took place July 22 at Fort Greely, Alaska, as the first ground-based missile interceptor was placed in an underground silo at the missile defense complex there.
		Holly noted there are countries that possess weapons of mass destruction and have the ability to launch ballistic missiles that could impact the United States.
		The Alaska interceptor emplacement took place the same day that the House and Senate approved the $417 billion fiscal 2005 DoD budget.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Jul2004/n07232004_2004072304.html (583 words)

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