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    Kaktovik (/kækˈtoʊvɪk/; Inupiaq: Qaaktuġvik, IPA: [qaːktoʁvik]) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 283 at the...
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    Iñupiaq and other Inuit languages. To remedy this problem, students in Kaktovik, Alaska, invented a base-20 numeral notation in 1994, which has spread among...
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  • and 65 miles (105 km) east of Kaktovik. It was one of the many trading outposts established along the north coast of Alaska in the early 20th century. The...
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    the original on 2005-10-31. "M 6.4 - 89km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska". U.S. Geological Survey. "Alaska's petroleum reserve is open for drilling. Will the...
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    villages, from Kaktovik to Point Hope. The roads in Utqiagvik are unpaved due to the permafrost. No roads connect the city to the rest of Alaska. Utqiagvik...
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  • Kaktovik is a city in Alaska, United States. Kaktovik may also refer to: Kaktovik numerals, an Inuit numeral system for a base-20 counting system Kaktovik...
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  • Deadhorse, Alaska 70°12' N 25 to 50 (permanent) to 3,000 (temporary) yes yes Northernmost point on Western Hemisphere road network Kaktovik, Alaska 70°07'...
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    and the area around the runway was incorporated in 1971 as the City of Kaktovik. In 1970 3 sounding rockets of Nike-Tomahawk type were launched there for...
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    base-20 number systems. In 1994, Inuit students in Kaktovik, Alaska, came up with the base-20 Kaktovik numerals to better represent their language. Before...
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    Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (category National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska)
    disturbed by industrial noise and oil exploration. The Inupiaq village of Kaktovik, a community that has adapted to this harsh environment over thousands...
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    Alaska is a state of the United States in the northwest extremity of the North American continent. According to the 2020 United States Census, Alaska...
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    while the remaining two seats combine two communities; Anaktuvuk Pass with Kaktovik and Atqasuk with Point Lay. The borough's executive and administrative...
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  • List of airports by ICAO code: P (category Alaska transportation-related lists)
    Airport (Kaktovik Airport) – Barter Island, Alaska PABE (BET) – Bethel Airport – Bethel, Alaska PABG (BVU) – Beluga Airport (FAA: BLG) – Beluga, Alaska PABI...
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    The Inuit languages use a base-20 counting system. Students from Kaktovik, Alaska invented a base-20 numeral system in 1994 Danish numerals display a...
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    acres), from Aklavik, Northwest Territories to Dawson City, Yukon to Kaktovik, Alaska on the Beaufort Sea. The Porcupine caribou (R. tarandus groenlandicus...
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    The Kaktovik Village, also known as Barter Island, is a federally recognized Iñupiat Alaska Native tribal entity. Kaktovik Village is headquartered in...
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  • Nuiqsut, Kaktovik, Anaktuvuk Pass); (2) Bering Straits Association (Seward Peninsula, Unalakleet, Saint Lawrence Island); (3) Northwest Alaska Native Association...
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    Camden Bay west of Kaktovik on the Beaufort Sea. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canning River, Alaska. List of rivers of Alaska "Canning River"....
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    to be wreckage in the shallows of Camden Bay, between Prudhoe Bay and Kaktovik. There was conjecture in the media that it was Levanevsky's aircraft, but...
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    Whittier is a city at the head of the Passage Canal in the U.S. state of Alaska, about 58 miles (93 km) southeast of Anchorage. The city is within the Chugach...
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  • Wainwright (1A) Barrow High School, Utqiagvik (3A) Harold Kaveolook School, Kaktovik (1A) Kali School, Point Lay Meade River School, Atqasuk (1A) Nuiqsut Trapper...
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    This list of Alaska Native tribal entities names the federally recognized tribes in the state of Alaska. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971...
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    located near the city of Kaktovik on Barter Island, in the North Slope Borough, located 312 miles (502 km) east of Point Barrow, Alaska. The airport is owned...
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    Arctic Alaska coast: the Gambell, Savoonga, Wales, Little Diomede, Kivalina, Point Hope, Point Lay, Wainwright, Barrow, Nuiqsut, and Kaktovik. In 2015...
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  • Molly of Denali (category Television shows set in Alaska)
    the first American nationally distributed children's show to feature an Alaska Native as the lead character. 38 half-hour episodes were produced for season...
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  • Apayauq Reitan (category Alaska Native women)
    often spent time travelling between the communities of Narjordet and Kaktovik, Alaska. She started mushing at age four at her family's tourism kennel, Alaskan...
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    Iñupiat (category Alaska Native ethnic groups)
    (Anaqtuuvak, Naqsraq), Atqasuk (Atqasuk), Utqiaġvik (Utqiaġvik, Ukpiaġvik), Kaktovik (Qaaktuġvik), Nuiqsut (Nuiqsat), Point Hope (Tikiġaq), Point Lay (Kali)...
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  • 4 – 89 km SW of Kaktovik, Alaska". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-08-12. "Strongest-ever earthquake strikes Alaska's North Slope region"...
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    permission for its use must be obtained from, and the access fees paid to, the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation (KIC). Without this permission, public access to Arey...
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    Arctic Refuge drilling controversy (category 1977 in Alaska)
    Kaktovik, and 5,000 to 7,000 Gwich'in peoples feel their lifestyle would be disrupted or destroyed by drilling. The Inupiat from Point Hope, Alaska recently...
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