This rendering provided by the City of Nome shows how the Port of Nome, Alaska, will appear following an expansion project that will cost more than $600 million. Shipping lanes that were once clogged with ice for much of the year along Alaska's western and northern coasts have relented thanks to global warming, and the nation's first deep ...
DetailsLocated on the edge of the Bering Sea on the southwest side of the Seward Peninsula, Nome is a vital hub for Northwest Alaska. The Three Lucky Swedes discovered placer gold in Anvil Creek in 1898…the rush was on! In 1899 the population of Nome swelled from a handful to 28,000. Today our population is 3,500 and there is still some gold mining ...
DetailsKiana – Meaning "moon goddess" in Native American, this name is a nod to Alaska's indigenous heritage. Sitka – After the southeastern Alaskan city known for its picturesque scenery and wildlife. Aiyana – Meaning "eternal blossom" in Native American, this name celebrates Alaska's natural beauty and resilience.
DetailsSymbols of Alaska. Aurora: The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis, for the new light of your life. Balto: The lead dog on the last stretch of the race to bring antitoxin to stop the diphtheria epidemic in Nome, he is immortalized in the Disney movie of the same name. Jade: Alaska's state gemstone. Moose: The moose is the state mammal.
DetailsNome is shaped also by comings and goings. During its very first months as a community, Nome was transformed by the arrival of thousands of newcomers, from all over the world. They built the city, later leaving by the thousands when the weather and the outlook for getting rich both turned harsh. Back then, 95% of the community was white.
DetailsNome is situated at approximately 64.4984° N latitude and 165.3985° W longitude. Getting to Nome from Anchorage. Nome is located about 539 miles northwest of Anchorage and is not accessible by road. The most common ways to reach Nome are by air or by sea. By Air. Several airlines, including Alaska Airlines and Ravn Alaska, offer daily flights ...
DetailsNome, Alaska, on the Behring Sea, 120 miles north of St. Michael and an equal distance southeast from Cape Yorke, is the new Eldorado. The wealth that this district is expected to yield this year has been estimated at various amounts, ranging from $5,000,000 up. The total will certainly be very large.
DetailsHydrogeologic Conditions at Nome, Alaska By Joseph M. Dorava ABSTRACT The city of Nome is in northwestern Alaska on the southwestern edge of the Seward Penin sula. It lies on a gently sloping coastal plain about 0.5 kilometers inland from Norton Sound, an embayment of the Bering Sea. Nome residents obtain their drinking water from a public …
DetailsEvery year, Alaska's backcountry holds one of the most iconic races in American history, the Iditarod. Known as "The Last Great Race," the event represents the ultimate competition of human versus nature with a hefty dose of canine power (via The Dogington Post).Each sled dog team starts out with 16 furry companions, and they …
DetailsNome Alone. The author explored the streams around the former Gold-Rush boomtown in Alaska for silvers, sockeyes, dollies and grayling. The biologists at the fisheries office in Nome, Alaska, gave me a tip: There were still late-run sockeye 40 miles inland on the Nome-Teller Road at the outlet to aptly named Salmon Lake.
DetailsNome, city, western Alaska, U.S.A port on the Bering Sea's Norton Sound, the city is situated on the southern shore of Seward Peninsula.It is some 540 miles (870 km) northwest of Anchorage and 160 miles (260 km) east of the U.S.-Russian border. Before European contact the area had been inhabited solely by Eskimos. The discovery (September 1898) …
DetailsNOME, Alaska (KTUU) - Ryan Redington brought home an historic win with his victory in Iditarod 51, marking the first time ever a Redington has been named champion in the iconic race.. He's also part of the special trio making up this year's top three teams, with the mushers who led them having long been part of the sled dog culture the Iditarod …
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