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...Barrow when the sun is up so high in the sky at 11 p.m. that you feel like bedtime is a catnap in the afternoon sun. In Kaktovik, where you buzz the coastline looking for polar bears but the only one you see doesn't move cause he's so satiated from...
...due to the continuing presence of rabid foxes. The quarantines in Barrow, Wainwright, Point Hope, Point Lay, Nuiqsut and Kaktovik began around Thanksgiving and were scheduled to be lifted after Jan. 2. But Dr. Greg Black said the quarantine has been...
...up lands given by Congress to the village of Kaktovik on the Beaufort Sea. Kaktovik was given 90,000 acres by Congress for developing...wrong" and "inappropriate" to continue to deny Kaktovik the right to access its resources. "We gave...
...right to explore for oil,'' said Sen. Robin Taylor, R-Wrangell. The bill also included $100,000 for the village of Kaktovik to promote ANWR to visitors. The measure faced stiff opposition from lawmakers who wanted additional funds for the other major...
...National Wildlife Refuge Monday with Alaska Sen. Frank Murkowski. Plans also called for Abraham to meet with residents of Kaktovik, in the Arctic refuge. Abraham was in Tokyo Friday to speak at a conference on nuclear reactor technology. Before that...
...slowed it down,'' said Lon Sonsalla, city administrator for Kaktovik, the only town within the coastal plain. ''And it's not...everything that they say.'' Sonsalla said the residents of Kaktovik do not want to see anything disturb the caribou either, but...
...been a member for two years, having recently moved here from Kaktovik, where, among other things, he served as a city council...owner of Barter Island Electric, which provided electricity to Kaktovik. He said he believes HEA needs to become self-sufficient...
...bridge the belugas are more important than the people of Anchorage, the polar bears are more important than the airport at Kaktovik. I want to weigh in heavily for the pro-jobs, pro-development part of this. Adding another layer to this that's another...
...in coastal villages because of rabid foxes. The quarantines in Barrow, Wainwright, Point Hope, Point Lay, Nuiqsut and Kaktovik ban transporting animals on planes without certificates verifying the animal's health. The quarantine remains in effect...
...than 25,000 in 2000. 75 percent of Alaskans support oil exploration in ANWR. This number includes the Inupiat Eskimos of Kaktovik, a small village in the region. They have seen first-hand that oil development can co-exist with their lifestyle by watching...