Whale Pass is a second class city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 31 at the 2010 census, down from 58 in...
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the newest municipality is Whale Pass which incorporated in 2017. Most populous cities in Alaska Skyline of Anchorage, Alaska's most populous city Downtown...
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Orca (redirect from Orca Whale)
The orca (Orcinus orca), or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in...
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Russia and Greenland, but not in Alaska and Canada. Other threats include natural predators (polar bears and killer whales), contamination of rivers (as...
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Whale Island is an island in the Kodiak Archipelago of the Gulf of Alaska in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States, off the northern end of Kodiak...
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The bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) is a species of baleen whale belonging to the family Balaenidae and is the only living representative of the genus...
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whaling killed at least 529 right whales in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska as well as at least 132 right whales in the Sea of Okhotsk, plus an additional...
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280 bowhead whales off Alaska and two from the western coast of Greenland, 620 grey whales off Washington state, three common minke whales off the eastern...
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Whales use a variety of sounds for communication and sensation. The mechanisms used to produce sound vary from one family of cetaceans to another. Marine...
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Denning, Angela (January 7, 2017). "Whale Pass voters approve incorporation | KFSK". Retrieved January 10, 2017. "Alaska: 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census of Population...
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extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the genus Kogia. The sperm whale is a pelagic mammal with...
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Native people to vote on acceptance of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; they rejected it. The act was passed in December 1971, and despite their opposition...
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North Whale Seaplane Base (IATA: WWP, FAA LID: 96Z) is a state owned, public use seaplane base located in North Whale Pass, a community in the Prince of...
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Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and dolphins (cetaceans) in their natural habitat. Whale watching is mostly a recreational activity...
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AYWK Wewak Airport Wewak, Papua New Guinea WWP North Whale Seaplane Base (FAA: 96Z) Whale Pass, Alaska, United States WWR KWWR West Woodward Airport Woodward...
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The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus), also known as the finback whale or common rorqual, is a species of baleen whale and the second-longest cetacean...
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Whaling (redirect from Whale hunting)
monitored by the Alaska Beluga Whale Committee. The annual catch ranges between 250 and 600 per year. Subsistence hunting of the bowhead whale is carried out...
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Championships in Fairbanks, the Blueberry Festival and Alaska Hummingbird Festival in Ketchikan, the Sitka Whale Fest, and the Stikine River Garnet Fest in Wrangell...
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Iñupiat (category Alaska Native ethnic groups)
groups, such as the Killikmiut, had coalesced in Anaktuvuk Pass, a village in north-central Alaska. Some of the Nunamiut remained nomadic until the 1950s...
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The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species...
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(Tlingit: Taan) is one of the islands of the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle. It is the fourth-largest island in the United States (after Hawaii...
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Baleen (redirect from Whale bone)
inside the mouths of baleen whales. To use baleen, the whale first opens its mouth underwater to take in water. The whale then pushes the water out, and...
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common minke whale or northern minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) is a species of minke whale within the suborder of baleen whales. It is the smallest...
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whales are three species of large baleen whales of the genus Eubalaena: the North Atlantic right whale (E. glacialis), the North Pacific right whale (E...
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Germany? Pickled whale might help". Alaska Public Media. Retrieved August 8, 2024. "2020 Primary Election Summary Report" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections...
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District of Alaska was the federal government’s designation for Alaska from May 17, 1884, to August 24, 1912, when it became the Territory of Alaska. Previously...
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Whaling in Japan (redirect from Whale industry in Japan)
New York Times. "Humpback Whale". Nmfs.noaa.gov. Retrieved August 22, 2014. "Humpback Whale, Federally Endangered". Adfg.alaska.gov. Retrieved August 22...
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Fudgie the Whale is a type of ice cream cake produced and sold by American ice-cream maker Carvel in its franchise stores. It was developed by Carvel...
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hunting of a whale as well as the beginning of hunting sea otters for fur by the Russians. This chapter tells of the early exploration of Alaska along with...
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