Point Hope, Alaska

North Slope Borough

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Point Hope is a city in North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.

Geography

Point Hope is located at the tip of a promontory on the north-western end of the Lisburne Peninsula on the coast of the Chukchi Sea. In the area there is an arctic climate. 330 miles northeast of Point Hope is the town of Barrow, the administrative seat of the North Slope boroughs.

History

The Point Hope Peninsula is one of the oldest areas of Alaska, which has been thoroughly colonized by the semi-nomadic living Inupiat. Some settlements on the peninsula have existed for 2,500 years. The peninsula offers good access to marine mammals, and the pack-ice situation allows safe boating in the open sea during the whaling season in the spring. 1848 brought the commercial whaling to an influx of westerners, employ residents of Point Hope as a fisherman. In the early 1900 -ies the whaling rapidly lost importance. 1966 Point Hope was incorporated as a city. In 1962, the inhabitants of the small town fought successfully against the putative Operation Chariot projects the United States Atomic Energy Commission, to create by firing a series of nuclear bombs an artificial harbor in Cape Thompson.

Demography

At the time of the census in 2000 ( U.S. Census 2000) Point Hope had 757 inhabitants on a land area of 16.4 km ². The median age was 21.9 years ( national U.S. average: 35.3 years ). The per capita income ( per capita income engl. ) amounted to U.S. $ 16,641 ( U.S. National Average: U.S. $ 21,587 ). 14.8 % of residents were with their income below the poverty line ( national U.S. average: 12.4 %). 90.6 % of residents of Point Hope are an indigenous group living in the nationally recognized Indian Reservation Village of Point Hope. The Inupiat Eskimos preserve their ancient traditions despite the influence of Western culture. Thus, the trade, the import and consumption of alcohol in the reserve is not allowed.

Economy and infrastructure

Offering employment opportunities to manage the city and the boroughs. The inhabitants manufacture masks made ​​of whalebone, ivory carvings and Eskimo clothing and feed mainly on seals, whale, caribou, polar bears, birds, fish and berries. In the city there is a school. Medical care is also provided by the Point Hope Health Clinic. In Point Hope there is a public airport operated by the state, which guarantees the only year-round availability of the isolated by land area. For local transport skiffs, umiaks and snow machines are used.

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