Norton Sound (Inupiaq: Imaqpak) is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula.[1] It is about 240 km (150 mi) long and 200 km (125 mi) wide. The Yukon River delta forms a portion of the south shore and water from the Yukon influences this body of water. It is ice-free from June to October.
Norton Sound was explored by Captain James Cook in September 1778. He named the body of water after Sir Fletcher Norton, then Speaker of the British House of Commons.[1]
The Norton Sound area has been home to Yup'ik and Inupiat for many centuries. It is the boundary between the two peoples; the Inupiat live to the north and the Yup'ik to the south. The town of Nome is along the northern edge of Norton Sound.[1] The villages of Elim, Golovin, Stebbins, White Mountain, Koyuk, Shaktoolik, St. Michael, and Unalakleet are on the shores or waterways flowing into Norton Sound. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race runs through coastal villages between Unalakleet and Nome.
The seaplane tender USS Norton Sound was named after the inlet. The Eliot Staples Bering Sea Ice Golf Classic occurs at the sound in mid-March. Nome National Forest is located just off the coast of Nome.
NortonSound (Inupiaq: Imaqpak) is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. It is about...
USS NortonSound (AV-11/AVM-1) was originally built as a Currituck-class seaplane tender by Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California...
miles (140 km) over the Kaltag Portage to Unalakleet on the shore of NortonSound. The route then continued for 208 miles (335 km) northwest around the...
to resolve to how much radiation the participants were exposed. USS NortonSound was a United States Navy-guided missile ship responsible for missile-launching...
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back. Seppala's section of trail featured a dangerous shortcut across NortonSound, which could save a full day of travel. It was decided that he was the...
the red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus, found in Bristol Bay, NortonSound, and the Kodiak Archipelago), blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus,...
king crabs prefer shallow, muddy or sandy habitats in Bristol Bay and NortonSound, while blue king crabs prefer the deeper areas made up of cobble, gravel...
the northern shore of NortonSound, 15 miles (24 km) to the east of Nome also on NortonSound. It is delimited by the NortonSound to the south, Hastings...
dialect continuum, or dialect chain, that stretches from Unalakleet and NortonSound in Alaska, across northern Alaska and Canada, and east to Greenland....
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Malamutes were thought to be bred by the Malimiut Inupiaq people of Alaska's NortonSound region. The Malamute has been identified as a basal breed that predates...
200 mi (320 km) into the Bering Sea between NortonSound, the Bering Strait, the Chukchi Sea, and Kotzebue Sound, just below the Arctic Circle. The entire...
Yup'ik, Yup'ik, West Alaska Eskimo): spoken on the Alaska mainland from NortonSound down to the Alaska Peninsula and on some islands such as Nunivak. The...
is also featured in the folklore of the Inupiat and Yupik peoples at NortonSound. "Lemmings Suicide Myth". ABC Science. Karl S. Kruszelnicki Pty Ltd....
Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor. Norton was drawn to theatrical productions at local venues as a child. After graduating...
Norton Bay (Kaŋiiqusuk in Inupiaq) is a waterway classified bay located on the northeastern part of the NortonSound, on the Seward Peninsula in the Nome...
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