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Posts Tagged ‘North Slope’

Alaska Native Leaders Imagine Divergent ‘Arctic Futures’

By admin | April 5, 2018 | 2
Leaders of Arctic communities discuss possible scenarios for the future of the region at the Arctic Futures conference (Photo: Kenton Media, used with permission)

A conference in Nome last week brought together leaders from Alaska Native communities to discuss the challenges — and opportunities — facing an evolving Arctic.

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Coast Guard Gears Up For Further Missions in Arctic Region, Operating Out of Kotzebue

By Davis Hovey | July 3, 2017
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice in the Nome Harbor Jan. 13, 2012. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard.

Arctic Shield, which started on Saturday, involves the Coast Guard deploying cutters, various aircraft and staff to missions from Dutch Harbor, through the Bering Strait, up to the North Slope. Those deployments include crews from the Coast Guard Cutters Healy, Sherman, and others.

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Nineteen New Wildfires Appear in Western Alaska Within a Day

By Davis Hovey | June 7, 2017
A wildfire in rural Alaska

Less than three miles away from Anvik, the Deadman’s Slough fire has spread to around 420 acres since Monday. Ipsen says the crew fighting this fire has increased in number and has contained 30% of the fire.

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‘Arctic Fiber’ Project Delayed into 2016

By admin | December 19, 2014
Both the subsea Arctic cable, and a terrestrial cable along the Dalton Highway, are seeing delays that could push the rollout of Quintillion's ultrafast broadband network in rural Alaska to 2016 or beyond. Image: Quintillion Networks.

Delays in both the subsea Arctic cable, and a terrestrial cable along the Dalton Highway, could push the rollout of ultrafast broadband in rural Alaska to 2016 or beyond.

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A vintage photo of an igloo on a field of snow and ice, with a pair of snowshoes and a handwritten sign that says “Happy Birthday from Nome.”
Listen to a few distinctively Western Alaska versions of the Happy Birthday” songs heard each day during Hotlines.

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