Kivalina is located at the tip of an 8-mile long barrier reef, between
the Chukchi Sea and Kivalina River (80 miles northwest of Kotzebue). The
average low temperature during January is -15 °F, and the average
high during July is 57 °F. Annual precipitation averages 8.6 inches
annually with s 57 inches of snow. The Chukchi Sea is ice-free and open
to boat traffic from mid-June to the first of November. Kivalina has long
been a stopping-off place for seasonal travelers between arctic coastal
areas and Kotzebue Sound communities. It is the only village between Wales
and Point Hope where people hunt bowhead whales. Alaska Natives comprise
over 97% of the population.
Kivalina is a traditional Inupiat Eskimo village. Subsistence activities,
including whaling, provide most food resources. Seal, walrus, whale, salmon,
whitefish and caribou are utilized. The hunters of Kivalina engage in
spring whaling from leads that develop in the sea ice. The Native craft
industry has recently expanded - carvings and jewelry are produced from
ivory and caribou hooves.
Bowers, Peter M. ; Turney, John H. ; Reger, Douglas. 1980. Report of Archeological Investigations in the Vicinity of the Proposed Noatak and Kivalina Water Systems to the U.S. Public Health Service. Alaska. Office of Statewide Cultural Programs. Ann Arbor, MI.: University Microfilms International.
Burch, Ernest S. 1985. Subsistence Production in Kivalina, Alaska
: a Twenty-year Perspective. Juneau, AK : Division of Subsistence,
Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game.
Burch, Ernest S. 1984. The Modern Eskimo Hunters of Kivalina, Alaska
: Final Report on Field Research, 1982-1984. Juneau, AK : Division
of Subsistence, Dept. of Fish and Game, State of Alaska.
Bureau of Indian Affairs Day School, Kivalina, Alaska. 1969. Kivalina
History. Kivalina : The School.
http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/PAVL.html
From the National Weather Service
http://www.accuweather.com/adcbin/local_index?nav=home&thisZip=99750&btnzip=Go
From Accuweather.com
Sea Ice:
http://polar.wwb.noaa.gov/seaice/alaska.html
Sea Ice conditions for AK, images from the last 14 days
http://polar.wwb.noaa.gov/seaice/ak.html#click
Sea ice map from NOAA
http://polar.wwb.noaa.gov/seaice/Forecasts.html
Sea ice forecast models for AK - 1 through 6 day forecasts
Community:
http://www.maniilaq.org/kivalina.html
Community information provided by the Maniilaq Association
http://www.dced.state.ak.us/mra/CF_CIS.cfm
From AK Dept. of Community and economic Development
http://www.ilovealaska.com/Alaska/Kivalina/
General information about Kivalina
http://thorpe.ou.edu/IRA/kivachrtr.html
Corparate Charter of the Native Village of Kivalina
http://www.arcticculture.about.com/culture/arcticculture/library/communities/bl-Kivalina.htm
About.com information
http://www.bloomington.in.us/~dory/kivalina.html
A personal account from Kivalina
