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North Warning System, Barter Island

The North Warning System at Barter Island is a long-range radar facility on the Beaufort Sea coast, situated between Arey Lagoon to the west and Kaktovik Lagoon to the east and adjacent to the village of Kaktovik, about 273 miles (440 km) northwest of Inuvik, Northwest Territories, and 112 miles (180 km) east of Deadhorse, Alaska.

Portland Canal, International Boundary

Portland Canal is a deglaciated fjord that extends south-southwest for 65 miles (105 km) from the community of Stewart in the north to the head of Portland Inlet in the south, forming part of the international boundary between Southeast Alaska and British Columbia, Canada.

Ketchikan, Revillagigedo Island

Ketchikan is a coastal community and U.S. port of entry on the north shore of Tongass Narrows, on the southern coast of Revillagigedo Island, about 88 miles (142 km) northwest of Prince Rupert and 84 miles (135 km) south-southeast of Wrangell, Alaska.

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Salt Chuck Mine, Kasaan Bay

Salt Chuck Mine, Kasaan Bay

Salt Chuck is a historical mining village at the head of Kasaan Bay on the eastern coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 39 miles (63 km) northwest of Ketchikan and 4.5 miles (7.3 km) southwest of Thorne Bay, Alaska.

Fire Island, Cook Inlet

Fire Island, Cook Inlet

Fire Island is about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) long, located at the head of Cook Inlet within the Municipality of Anchorage, about 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Hope and 9 miles (14.5 km) southwest of downtown Anchorage, Alaska.

Kivalina, Singauk Entrance

Kivalina, Singauk Entrance

Kivalina is a community located on a barrier island between the Chukchi Sea and Kivalina Lagoon, about 79 miles (127 km) northwest of Kotzebue and 72 miles (116 km) southeast of Point Hope, Alaska.

Port Vita, Raspberry Strait

Port Vita, Raspberry Strait

Port Vita is an abandoned herring reduction plant and saltery located on Raspberry Strait, on the northeastern coast of Raspberry Island, about 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Kodiak and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Port Lions, Alaska. 

Niblack, Moira Sound

Niblack, Moira Sound

Niblack is a historic mining community at the head of Niblack Anchorage, an estuary that extends west for 2.5 miles (4 km) off Moira Sound, on the southeast coast of Prince of Wales Island, about 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Ketchikan and 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Hydaburg, Alaska.

Tignagvik Point, Rocky Cove

Tignagvik Point, Rocky Cove

Tignagvik Point is a headland on the western shore of Cook Inlet, at the northern point of entrance to Kamishak Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) west-southwest of Homer and 47 miles (76 km) southeast of Iliamna, Alaska

Jackpot Bay, Dangerous Passage

Jackpot Bay, Dangerous Passage

Jackpot Bay is a fjord on the Kenai Peninsula that extends west for 6.5 miles (10.5 km) from Dangerous Passage, about 43 miles (69 km) northeast of Seward and 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Whittier, Alaska.

Akeonik Reindeer Station, Icy Cape

Akeonik Reindeer Station, Icy Cape

Akeonik is a historical reindeer station at the northern end of Kasegaluk Lagoon on the Chukchi Sea at Icy Cape, about 50 miles (81 km) southwest of Wainwright and 46 miles (74 km) northeast of Point Lay, Alaska. 

Willow Prospect, National Petroleum Reserve

Willow Prospect, National Petroleum Reserve

The Willow Prospect is an oilfield development project on leased federal lands within the Bear Tooth Unit of the National Petroleum Reserve, about 118 miles (190 km) southeast of Utqiaġvik and 33 miles (53 km) west-northwest of Nuiqsut, Alaska.

Ursus Cove, Kamishak Bay

Ursus Cove, Kamishak Bay

Ursus Cove is an embayment about 6 miles (10 km) across, on the northwest coast of Kamishak Bay, about 80 miles (129 km) west-southwest of Homer and 44 miles (71 km) southeast of Iliamna, Alaska.

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This ‘warming stripe’ graphic is a visual representation of the change in global temperature from 1850 (top) to 2019 (bottom). Each stripe represents the average global temperature for one year. The average temperature from 1971-2000 is set as the boundary between blue and red. The colour scale goes from -0.7°C to +0.7°C. The data are from the UK Met Office HadCRUT4.6 dataset. 

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