bering strait/norton sound regional communities

Gambell Savoonga StebbinsSt. Michael

Unalakleet

Shaktoolik

Koyuk

Elim Golovin

White Mountain

Council

SolomonNome

Mary’s Igloo

Teller

Brevig Mission

King Island

Wales

Diomede

Shishmaref

Bering Strait/Norton Sound

Regional Communities

Bering Strait Region is about the size of West Virginia Population of the region is over 9000 with a young

population and growing Majority of the region is a cash & subsistence based

economy 17 of the 20 villages are not accessible by road only by air

year round, most of rural Alaska is infrastructure deficient Commercial goods are transported by plane during the

winter and barge during the summer resulting in high freight costs

Unemployment is high, jobs are scarce, 2012 rate was 11.6% Per the 2010 census 19% of Alaska Natives live below the

poverty level Fuel prices are high due to inadequate unloading facilities.

2015 heating fuel and gas are over $5 a gallon All tribes have identified ports/harbors/barge landings in

their Long Range Transportation Plans

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Communications Model Verification along boundary of EEZ July 17

NOAA Buoy

OPS

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SAR EX – UAS OPS

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014BS 280 430 410 480 440 340NSR 2 6 34 46 71 23PON 301 296 271 444 491 446NWP 31 22 16

July 2014 Arctic Fibre – Quintillion Overview Slide 10July 2014 Arctic Fibre – Quintillion Overview Slide 10

Arctic Fibre Cable System

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• SFOC System Supplier: TE SubCom• 3 fiber pairs, 80 x 100Gbps’s

‒ 2 express pairs - Asia to Europe (15,137 km)‒ 1 local pairs– Landings in US and Canada

Lowest latency route (153 ms) from Tokyo to London

Little Diomede

USACE 2006 Subsistence Harbor estimated at $27.3M

Renda was 460 yards SE from the West jetty in 38’ of water