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HasTowelWillTravel Says: Point Hope is a very old place, one of the oldest continually inhabited locations in North America (to paraphrase a US politician, you can almost see Russia from their main street). However, it has shifted around slightly. The older villages lie closer to the sea. They are...
HasTowelWillTravel Says: Cemetarirs hold a strange allure over people. In France, people travel all over to see the graves of famous personages. Well, Point Hope has one of the most unique graveyards I've ever seen. The fence is constructed with whale ribs and bones collected from countless...
HasTowelWillTravel Says: The people of Point Hope are whalers by tradition, having hunted the major marine mammals for centuries. There are several sites where you can celebrate a successful hunt, located on the outside of town and created from, appropriately enough, whale bones. The hunt usually...
HasTowelWillTravel Says: Everyone in Point Hope gets around via ATVs in the warm months, so join in the fun. There are few trails, but that's the fun of it. You can just roam around the tundra, or fly down the beach next to the waves. It is exhilarating, the brisk wind in your face, the sun shining....
HasTowelWillTravel Says: Despite it is the tundra, there are a wide variety of berries around Point Hope. Blackberries (not what we would think of as blackberries), blueberries, cranberries, and a peculiar relative of the raspberry known as a salmonberry or cloudberry. They are delicious, and in...
During the month of June, we...
CountryLuvin Says: During the month of June, we have our whaling festival that last three days long. Fun time for all to get together and eat different types of food.Blanket toss, eskimo dancing, pass out different kinds of food to eat, meet new people and old friends from all over.
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Well there is only one restaurant there called Whalers Inn.
It is a little expensive there. Because of the fact that the only way to bring in food items is to have it flown in and the air freight is not cheap.
Favorite Dish: They have a variety of items - burgers, Chinese
Written Oct 5, 2002
Address: It is located at west side of town
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Night activities include: bingo, the high school gym to play basketball, church services on Wed and Sun, during the school year - there can be different activities like sewing class, aerobics or carving, some people get together and play cards or boardgames.
Written Oct 5, 2002
HasTowelWillTravel Says: There are no roads in Point Hope, and boat access is long-distance and spotty at best. So you have to fly. There are two start points, Barrow and Kotzebue.Taking off from Kotzebue, the landscape is striking. The flat tundra stretches as far as the eye cares to wander, a dun...
The only way to get to Point...
CountryLuvin Says: The only way to get to Point Hope is to travel by plane. Usually you fly to Kotzebue and then take a smaller plane. Or you can take a small plane from Barrow. It is just faster to get there from Kotzebue and a little cheaper. The airstrip is about a mile away from the...
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Most people living here are Inupiaq eskimos. Where everyone knows everyone. There is approximately 700 people living in this village.
Most live subsistence lifestyle, hunting animals for food to feed their families.
Written Oct 5, 2002
There are no roads leading out of Point Hope, no way to get in or out of the town except via plane. Taking off from Kotzebue, the landscape is striking. The flat tundra stretches as far as the eye...
I was in Point Hope; I followed my spouse who took a job - BIG mistake - last frontier etc... etc...BOY was I wrong! For those contemplating coming here to work - I strongly suggest against it - of...
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