Nome and Kotzebue

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Nome

 

Welcome

 

end of the Iditarod trail

More Photos of the Iditarod

 

ready to go when that dog up front commands

 

dog team moving

 

old building
(showing the problems of building on permafrost)

 

gold mine

 

The Traveler panning for gold

 

remnants of surface mining machine

 

the Nugget Inn
(initially brought prefabricated by Alaska Airlines
when they started offering tours in the 1950's)

 

Gold Dust Saloon

 

the Seeker for Gold

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Kotzebue

 

the airport

 

The Traveler at the airport

Kotzebue gets its name from the Kotzebue Sound, which was named after Otto von Kotzebue, who explored the sound while searching for the Northwest Passage in the service of Russia in 1818.

 

Kotzebue located on the Bering Sea

 

 

fish drying

 

Inupiat Museum

There is archaeological evidence that Inupiat people have lived at Kotzebue since at least the 1400s. Because of its location, Kotzebue was a trading and gathering center for the entire area. The Noatak, Selawik and Kobuk Rivers drain into the Kotzebue Sound near Kotzebue to form a center for transportation to points inland. In addition to people from interior villages, inhabitants of the Russian Far East came to trade at Kotzebue. Furs, seal-oil, hides, rifles, ammunition, and seal skins were some of the items traded. People also gathered for competitions like the current World Eskimo Olympics. With the arrival of the whalers, traders, gold seekers, and missionaries the trading center expanded.

 

an Inupiatat

 

the Bear dance

 

a fur tee-pee

 

Inupiat woman making moccasins of skinsns

 

the blanket toss
(since the land is very flat, it was the only way
to see longer distances, such as spotting seal)

Similar Photos from Barrow, Alaska

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