Atqasuk, Alaska

• Some sunshine soon?
  

  We will have another little wave of energy swing through south central tonight and tomorrow.

• August in Alaska....Drip, drip, drip
  

  A breezy and cloudy start to the week in south central. Around the rest of the state it's also been fairly cloud with some rain into the west, Interior, and throughout the southeast.

• Two found dead on Meade River
  

  David A. Brower, 23, of Atqasuk and Justin Aamodt, 13, of Barrow, were found dead on the Meade River Aug.

• Coping with extremes at the top of the world
  

  Issues that hit the nation hard seemed to hit the Arctic harder in 2009 - a deepening recession, inflation, global climate change.

City Description

Atqasuk is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 228. Atqasuk is located at 70°28′40″N 157°25′05″W / 70.47778°N 157.41806°W / 70.47778; -157.41806 (Atqasuk) (70.477663, -157.418056). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 42.3 sq mi (110 km), of which, 38.9 sq mi (101 km) of it is land and 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km) of it (8.22%) is water. Atqasuk has one airport, Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport, that is uncontrolled and has a single 4,370 by 90 ft (1,332 by 27 m) runway at an elevation of 96 ft (29 m). As of the census of 2000, there were 228 people, 55 households, and 44 families residing in the city. The population density was 5.9 people per square mile (2.3/km²). There were 60 housing units at an average density of 1.5/sq mi (0.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 4.82% White, 94.30% Native American, 0.44% Asian, and 0.44% from two or more races. There were 55 households out of which 50.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were married couples living together, 21.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% were non-families. 16.4% of

City Contained By:

• United States of America
• Alaska
• North Slope Borough

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 109.815495878 km squared

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