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    Gambell (GAM-bull) (Central Siberian Yupik: Sivuqaq) is a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Located on St. Lawrence Island, it...
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    An-24LR "Toros" (CCCP-47195) ice reconnaissance aircraft landed at Gambell Airport, Alaska. The plane, carrying three crew members and twelve scientists,...
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    Lavrentiya) is located west of mainland Alaska in the Bering Sea, just south of the Bering Strait. The village of Gambell, located on the northwest cape of...
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    city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by the state. Gambell Airport covers an area of 200 acres (81 ha) which...
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    They were orphaned as the result of hunting near the city of Gambell, Alaska,. Gambell's name in Yupik "Sivuqaq" inspired his name. He died in 2015. Sivuqaq...
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    attracted more residents. Gambell and Savoonga received joint title to most of the land on St. Lawrence Island under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement...
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    Gambell Wien Air Alaska Flight 99 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight in Alaska to St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea. On approach to Gambell...
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  • Gambell School, also known as the Hugo T. Apatiki School, is a K-12 school in Gambell, Alaska. It is a part of the Bering Strait School District. The...
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    Greater Manchester in 1995. One exceptional vagrant was photographed in Gambell, Alaska, in October 2017. This is a largish warbler. The adult has an unstreaked...
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    Britain and Ireland. There is a 2022 record of the Icterine warbler from Gambell, Alaska, and it was also documented in the state the following year. It is...
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    survivors. On August 8, 1975, Wien Air Alaska F-27B, N4904, crashed into mountain on approach in bad weather at Gambell, Alaska, killing 10 and seriously injuring...
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    She was ringed (banded) as an adult south of Gambell, Alaska in 1940, and shot in 1958 in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Due to its large population and vast range...
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    habitation on St. Lawrence Island near Gambell, Alaska. The sites (named Hillside, Mayughaaq, Ayveghyaget, Old Gambell, and Seklowaghyag) have provided evidence...
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  • K03GA-D Elim K09RP-D False Pass K04LZ-D Galena K10LJ-D Galena K09QR-D Gambell K07QX-D Golovin K09SG-D Goodnews Bay K09PC-D Grayling K04MR-D Gustavus...
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    cities in Gambell and Savoonga. Nome Census Area is the 7th largest county-equivalent in the state of Alaska. Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska - north Yukon-Koyukuk...
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    military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS The An-24 incident at Gambell, Alaska occurred 27 February 1974, when a Soviet Antonov An-24LR "Toros" (CCCP-47195)...
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    the United States. The Antonov An-24 touched down at the airport at Gambell, Alaska on St. Lawrence Island with 15 people on board; the 12 passengers were...
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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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    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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    Siberian Yupik (category Alaska Native ethnic groups)
    (photo by) (1927). "Gut parka". Alaska Native Collections. Anchorage Museum of History and Art. “Nita Tokoyu of Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, sews a gut...
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  • Gambell Army Airfield is a former United States Army airfield located in Gambell, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. Gambell...
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    August 30, 1975 – Flight 99: Fairchild F-27B crashed on approach to Gambell, Alaska; 10 of the 32 passengers and crew on board were killed. Russel Merrill...
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    terminus in downtown Anchorage at the intersection of East 5th Avenue and Gambell Street. Thus mileposts along the Parks Highway reflect distance from Anchorage...
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  • Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport Galena, Alaska, United States UTC−09:00 Mar-Nov GAM PAGM Gambell Airport Gambell, Alaska, United States UTC−09:00 Mar-Nov GAN...
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  • and overran the runway. August 30, 1975 10 22 22 Wien Air Alaska Flight 99 Gambell Alaska Fairchild F-27 The aircraft went through several missed approaches...
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    Old Bering Sea (category Native American history of Alaska)
    extensive excavations at the mound sites of Mayughaaq in the vicinity of Gambell, Alaska, at the northwestern cape of St. Lawrence Island. Collins' research...
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    Highway to its end in Anchorage, and follows the one-way pairs of Ingra and Gambell Streets and 6th and 5th Avenues, continuing east on 5th Avenue to the beginning...
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    refugees. Two men fled Russia by boat, landing in the small town of Gambell, Alaska on 4 October and sought for asylum. On 27 September 2022, White House...
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    The Unorganized Borough is composed of the portions of the U.S. state of Alaska which are not contained in any of its 19 organized boroughs. While referred...
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    Nome Airport (category Airports in the Nome Census Area, Alaska)
    business district of Nome, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 62,785...
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