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    Shishmaref (/ˈʃɪʃmərɛf/ SHISH-mə-ref; Inupiaq: Qigiqtaq, IPA: [qixiqtaq] or Kigiqtaq; Russian: Шишмарёв, IPA: [ʂɨʂmɐˈrʲɵf]) is a city in the Nome Census...
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  • The Shishmaref Inlet (Inupiaq: Qigiqtam Imaġzrua) is a coastal lagoon on the Chukchi Sea-facing shores of Alaska. It is 5 miles in length. The location...
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  • Olson School (Golovin) Paul F. Asicksik School (Shaktoolik) Shishmaref School (Shishmaref) Tukurngailnguq School (Stebbins) Unalakleet Schools (Unalakleet)...
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  • 1929 – December 2, 2006) (Iñupiaq pronunciation: Niiqpaq) nicknamed the "Shishmaref Cannonball", was an Inupiaq musher, known for his cheerful and straight-ahead...
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    is sometimes transliterated as "Shishmaref" in the United States; the town of Shishmaref, Alaska, and the Shishmaref Inlet have been named after him....
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    Shishmaref Airport (IATA: SHH, ICAO: PASH, FAA LID: SHH) (Inupiaq: Qigiqtam Mizrvia) is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km)...
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    whales and other marine mammals. Four indigenous tribes in Alaska, the Shishmaref, Kivalina, Shaktoolik and Newtok tribes, are being considered the first...
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  • (WLK) – Selawik Airport Shaktoolik (SKK) – Shaktoolik Airport Shishmaref (SHH) – Shishmaref Airport Shungnak (SHG) – Shungnak Airport Stebbins (WBB) – Stebbins...
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    Captain Max Gottschalk (German) crossed from the east cape of Siberia to Shishmaref, Alaska, on dogsled via Little and Big Diomede islands. He was the first...
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    Native Village of Selawik Native Village of Shaktoolik Native Village of Shishmaref Native Village of Shungnak Native Village of Stevens Native Village of...
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