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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alaska |
 | | Their mission statements extend up the Yukon and Kuskowim rivers, and along the main coast as far north as Cape Prince of Wales and Point Barrow. | | | Bishop Nestor was sent thither, in 1879, in charge of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands; he was lost at sea in 1882. | | | Father Tosi went to Europe, where he met the President of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith at Lyons, who contributed $4,000 towards the support of the Alaskan missions. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01246b.htm
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| | TR-008.doc |
| | However, researchers conducting the current study effort believed that the Borough's population estimates for Barrow since 1970 have consistently been too conservative. | | | OBJECTIVES: (1) To describe basic population and economic trends and community services and facilities of the Beaufort Sea manmade environment; and (2) To outline this information in further detail for the communities of Barrow, Kaktovik, Nuiqsut, and Wainwright. | | | This report was prepared under the auspices of the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Socioeconomic Studies Program, a multi-year research effort designed to predict and evaluate effects of Alaska OCS petroleum development on the unique physical, social, and economic environments in the State. |
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http://www.mms.gov/eppd/socecon/techsum/ak/TR-008.doc
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| | The Bowhead Whale: Literature Cited |
| | Biography of Charles Edwardsen, Jr.Etok is his Eskimo nameof Barrow, Alaska, describing his interest in Eskimo rights and his efforts on behalf of his people to obtain passage by the United States Congress of the Alaska Native Land Claims Settlement Act of 1971. | | | The trip included visits to the whaling villages of Barrow and Point Hope where the author, accompanied by Dr. Floyd E. Durham, conducted interviews with several people that were recorded in notes and on tape. | | | Environmental organizations in Alaska have also objected to the proposed oil and gas lease sale in the Beaufort Sea, and have requested that the entire Beaufort Sea area be designated a National Marine Sanctuary. |
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http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/CetaceanAssessment/bowhead/BowheadBib2.htm
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| | Barrow, Alaska -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Barrow is the northernmost settlement in the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States, and the northernmost town of more than 2,000 residents in the world. | | | Barrow is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about North Slope Borough, Alaska) North Slope Borough, Alaska, (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States. | | | The residents of the area cast the lone vote in opposition to passage of the (Click link for more info and facts about Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which passed in December 1971. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/b/ba/barrow,_alaska.htm
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| | Atqasuk Research Center |
| | Atqasuk is on the Arctic Coastal Plain about half way between Barrow and the foothills of the Brooks Range, the mountain range that isolates the North Slope from the rest of Alaska. | | | Atqasuk is located inland from the Arctic Ocean on the Meade River, about 60 miles southwest of Barrow. | | | Scheduled daily airline services from Barrow provides passenger and cargo service to Atqasuk. |
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http://www.sfos.uaf.edu/basc/research/atqasuk.html
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| | USATODAY.com - June 2002 extreme temperatures |
| | Lows: 33 at Barrow, Alaska (contiguous 48 states: 43 at Laramie, Wyo., Alamosa, Colo., and Stanley, Idaho) | | | Lows: 28 at Barrow, Alaska (contiguous 48 states: 30 at Stanley, Idaho) | | | Lows: 20 at Barrow, Alaska (Contiguous 48 states: 26 at Stanley, Idaho.) |
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http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/extremes/2002/wext0206.htm
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| | BARROW ALASKA INFORMATION |
| | Barrow is the northernmost city in Alaska, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle, the largest municipal government in the world, and the nation's farthest northern community. | | | It is most often seen overhead in Barrow Alaska between about 10 PM and 2 AM during the winter months. | | | With approximately 4,500 residents, the Barrow area is probably the harshest polar location in Alaska. |
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http://www.kingeider.net/king5.html
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| | GCRG 2000 Field Report |
| | These towers were established in 1994, 1997, and 1998 for Prudhoe Bay, Barrow, and Atqasuk respectively and have been running nearly continuously since then. | | | The Atqasuk area is typically warmer and drier than Barrow as well as having a different tundra vegetation type. | | | Total precipitation for the 2000 summer season at Barrow was 93.2 mm of rain, an increase of 25.5 mm and 10.2 mm from 1999 and 1998 respectively. |
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http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/GCRG/2000FieldReport.html
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| | The Orderly Orientation of Arctic Lakes, Alaska Science Forum |
| | Carson traveled to Barrow in the late 1950s and early 1960s and spent many hours on the treeless tundra examining the cigar-shaped lakes. | | | He armed himself with speculations of other researchers who had also pondered the northwest-pointing lakes. | | | After the lakes formed, did the sun create their orderly appearance? |
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http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF13/1353.html
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| | Alaska, Information, Links, Parks, Books, Weather, Maps, |
| | Alaska boasts the northernmost (Point Barrow), the easternmost (Semisopochnoi Island in the Aleutians), and the westernmost (Little Diomede Island) points in the United States. | | | This is possible because Alaska straddles the international dateline. | | | Alaska Extremes: the coldest day ever recorded: minus 80 degree's F at Prospect Creek Camp, Jan.23, 1971.The hottest day: 100 degree's F at Fort Yukon, June 27, 1915. |
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http://www.alaskais.com/information.htm
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| | Poster & Oral Presentations - Arctic Ecology Laboratory |
| | within ITEX open-top chambers on wet and Dry tundra at Barrow, Alaska." | | | Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska." From Decade to Millennium: The 10th | | | Barrow, Alaska." 7th Annual ITEX Workshop 26-29 April 1996. |
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http://www.cevl.msu.edu/ael/publications/pres-other.html
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| | Alaska - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Alaska |
| | It is bordered by Yukon Territory and British Columbia (E), the Gulf of Alaska and the Pacific Ocean (S), the Bering Sea, Bering Strait, and Chukchi Sea (W), and the Beaufort Sea and the Arctic Ocean (N). | | | Alaska (əlă`skə), largest in area of the United States but third smallest (exceeding only Vermont and Wyoming) in population, occupying the northwest extremity of the North American continent, separated from the coterminous United States by W Canada. | | | It is the largest city in the state, the administrative and commercial heart of S central and W Alaska, one of the nation's key defense centers, and a vital transportation hub. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Alaska
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| | Atqasuk Travel Alaska |
| | There were no people in Atqasuk in 1970, but the community was re-established around 1977, primarily by former residents of Barrow. | | | Alaska News Local and Online Radio, Newspapers, more. | | | The name means "the place to dig the rock that burns." During World War II, bituminous coal was mined in Atqasuk and freighted to Barrow for use by government and private facilities. |
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http://www.welcometoalaska.com/Communities/atqasuk.htm
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| | EPA: Federal Register: Notice of Availability of the Amendment to the Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Final Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement |
| | An additional set of subsistence hearings was held in the effected Alaska North Slope communities of Nuiqsut, Ataqasuk, Barrow and Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, as well as the community of Bethel, Alaska, in the Yukon Delta, during the weeks of October 25 and November 29. | | | The first set of subsistence hearings was held in conjunction with the public hearings on the Draft IAP/EIS during the weeks of June 28, August 9 and 16 in Bethel, Nuiqsut, Atqasuk, Barrow, Anaktuvuk Pass, Fairbanks, Anchorage (all in Alaska) and Washington, DC. | | | FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Childs, BLM Alaska State office (907) 271-1985. |
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http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2005/January/Day-28/i1730.htm
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| | Reflectance studies near Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska - Arctic Ecology Laboratory |
| | Most measurements were conducted in the vicinity of the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL) and the Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO) near Barrow, Alaska. | | | Additional field sampling was conducted at Atqasuk, and aircraft sampling was conducted along a 100-km transect spanning from Barrow (71 degrees N) to south of Atqasuk (70 degrees N). | | | Characterize the optical properties ("spectral signatures") of functionally distinct cover types in the Arctic tundra in the North Slope of Alaska, |
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http://www.cevl.msu.edu/ael/test/projects/collab_reflectance.html
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| | 2001 Summer Field Season Report |
| | , Barrow, and Atqasuk respectively and have been running nearly continuously since then. | | | The NIAES also collaborates with Japanese universities and has brought a few masters and doctoral students to do research on the North Slope of Alaska as part of the LAII and ATLAS projects. | | | Chien-Lu Ping and Dr. Gary Michaelson came to the Barrow and Atqasuk eddy covariance tower areas to do work on soil profiling and soil horizon analysis. |
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http://www.joss.ucar.edu/atlas/oechel_2001.htm
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| | Climate Data from Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska, 1995-2001 |
| | This data set presents various climate data from sites in Barrow and Atquasuk, on the Northern Slope of Alaska. | | | Webber, P.J., Hollister, R.D. Climate Data from Barrow and Atqasuk Alaska 1995-2001. | | | Climate Data from Barrow and Atqasuk, Alaska, 1995-2001 |
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http://arcss.colorado.edu/data/ggd908.html
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| | PISCES - Arctic Science |
| | Using funding to be requested from other sources, satellite down link (Atqasuk) video cameras, and a link to the Internet will be added at research sites at Barrow Alaska and Atqasuk Alaska. | | | This system will be flown over the arctic tundra in Alaska, and over the chaparral in the San Diego Area. | | | Plot maximum, minimum, and average daily temperatures and sunlight at Barrow, Atqasuk, and San Diego. |
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http://www.sdsa.org/pisces/arctic.html
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| | BARROW ALASKA INFORMATION |
| | Barrow is one of the top 5 birding spots in Alaska and the annual visitors to Barrow are spectacular. | | | Barrow is the northernmost city in Alaska, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle, the largest municipal government in the world, and the nation's farthest northern community. | | | Barrow is also prime habitat for many shorebirds. |
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http://www.kingeider.net/king5.html
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| | Listings Alaska: Northern Region: Travel Information |
| | Barrow, Alaska Profiles Barrow, Alaska local houses, apartments, residents, hotels, hospitals, jobs, schools. | | | Alaska hotel & inn reservations - make hotel reservations with a secure server online or with a toll-free number. | | | Shungnak, Alaska Profiles Shungnak, Alaska local houses, apartments, residents, hotels, hospitals, jobs, schools. |
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http://listingsus.com/Alaska/Northern-Region/Travel/Information
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| | Barrow, Alaska -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Barrow is the northernmost settlement in the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States, and the northernmost town of more than 2,000 residents in the world. | | | Barrow is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about North Slope Borough, Alaska) North Slope Borough, Alaska, (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States. | | | The residents of the area cast the lone vote in opposition to passage of the (Click link for more info and facts about Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which passed in December 1971. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/b/ba/barrow,_alaska.htm
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| | Barrow, Alaska -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Barrow is the northernmost settlement in the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States, and the northernmost town of more than 2,000 residents in the world. | | | Barrow is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about North Slope Borough, Alaska) North Slope Borough, Alaska, (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States. | | | The residents of the area cast the lone vote in opposition to passage of the (Click link for more info and facts about Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which passed in December 1971. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/b/ba/barrow,_alaska.htm
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| | Barrow, Alaska -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Barrow is the northernmost settlement in the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States, and the northernmost town of more than 2,000 residents in the world. | | | Barrow is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about North Slope Borough, Alaska) North Slope Borough, Alaska, (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States. | | | The residents of the area cast the lone vote in opposition to passage of the (Click link for more info and facts about Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which passed in December 1971. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/b/ba/barrow,_alaska.htm
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| | Barrow, Alaska -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Barrow is the northernmost settlement in the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States, and the northernmost town of more than 2,000 residents in the world. | | | Barrow is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about North Slope Borough, Alaska) North Slope Borough, Alaska, (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States. | | | The residents of the area cast the lone vote in opposition to passage of the (Click link for more info and facts about Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which passed in December 1971. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/b/ba/barrow,_alaska.htm
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| | Barrow, Alaska -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Barrow is the northernmost settlement in the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States, and the northernmost town of more than 2,000 residents in the world. | | | Barrow is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about North Slope Borough, Alaska) North Slope Borough, Alaska, (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States. | | | The residents of the area cast the lone vote in opposition to passage of the (Click link for more info and facts about Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which passed in December 1971. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/b/ba/barrow,_alaska.htm
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| | Barrow, Alaska -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Barrow is the northernmost settlement in the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States, and the northernmost town of more than 2,000 residents in the world. | | | Barrow is a city located in (Click link for more info and facts about North Slope Borough, Alaska) North Slope Borough, Alaska, (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States. | | | The residents of the area cast the lone vote in opposition to passage of the (Click link for more info and facts about Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act) Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which passed in December 1971. |
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| | News articles for Point Hope, Alaska |
| | Erosion also threaten airport runways, roads and other facilities at Kaktovik, Point Hope, Unalakleet and regional hubs of Barrow and Bethel, the report said. | | | The GAO studied the situations at Kaktovik, Barrow, Point Hope, Unalakleet, Bethel, Kivalina, Shishmaref, Koyukuk and Newtok. | | | Bill McKechnie, former owner of the Point Hope Shipyard Company, faces three charges involving the employees pension fund. |
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http://www.linkmorgue.org/united_states/full/Alaska/Point_Hope.html
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| | Alaska Beluga Whale Committee NMFS Alaska NOAA Grant Program |
| | With its formation, the ABWC brought together representatives from beluga hunting communities in Alaska; local, state, and Federal governments; and beluga researchers to discuss conservation issues, the biology of belugas, and the needs for additional information. | | | Arctic Ocean near Barrow where subsistence harvest of belugas occurs | | | Since 1988, the Alaska Beluga Whale Committee (ABWC) has functioned to encourage conservation and informed management of beluga whales and to involve Native subsistence hunters in the management of this important resource. |
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http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/omi/grants/abwc.htm
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| | Nuiqsut News |
| | We are not Eskimos," says Percy Nusunginya, 63, president of the Inupiat tribal council in Barrow, Alaska, northernmost city in North... | | | Alaska Journal of Commerce While the U.S. Postal Service is trying to convince Barrow residents that cost cutting measures that will change the bypass mail system on the North Slope is necessary and warranted,... | | | It was very disappointing to see such a one-sided article as the 11-11-2004 Native American Times' piece regarding Alaska Natives and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. |
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http://www.topix.net/city/nuiqsut-ak
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