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After the weather warms, Noorvik residents will hunt for moose, caribou, seal, geese and ducks. They also will fill their freezers with salmon, trout and other fish from the Kobuk River. Noorvik Mayor Bobby Wells said a handful of residents spend even winter in their camps, but they're expected to be in the community for the count because of its influence on federal funding and congressional representation.
Noorvik, just north of the Arctic Circle, was chosen as the launching point after census officials met with leaders in a number of Alaska villages. Lee said Noorvik turned out be ideal because it is a good size and only 45 miles east of a hub town, Kotzebue, a destination for commercial flights. From the town of 3,100, the census travelers are taking a quick charter flight to Noorvik. Village leaders also were very open about wanting the enumeration to begin there, Lee said.
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