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Big Miracle, a 2012 film starring Drew Barrymore, is based on the true story of whales trapped under ice near Point Barrow and features scenes in and characters from the town. [ citation needed ] Stephen Fry visited the town and its people during the last segment of his documentary Stephen Fry in America .
Wales (Inupiaq: Kiŋigin, IPA:) is a city [4] [5] in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.At the 2010 census the population was 145, [4] down from 152 in 2000. It is the westernmost city on the North American mainland, although Adak, located on Adak Island, is the westernmost city in Alaska.
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"It’s way more painful, way more difficult" to deal with those small-town issues than the "future of the country" issues, said Hope resident and fourth-generation Alaskan Jeannine Jabaay, 47.
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This is list of locations in the United States named after places in Wales. A number of places in the U.S have been named after places in Wales by Welsh settlers and explorers. and are mainly in the 13 eastern states which used to be the Thirteen Colonies in the British Empire.
At 58 characters it is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and second longest official one-word place name in the world. SEE MORE: Watch Naomi Watts pronounce the longest town name in Britain
Whittier is a port for the Alaska Marine Highway. [7] Whittier is notable for its extremely wet climate [8] – the town receives 197 inches (5,000 mm) of precipitation per year on average [9] – as well as for the fact that almost all of its residents live in the Begich Towers Condominium, earning it the nickname of a "town under one roof". [8]