bering strait/norton sound regional communities
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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
July 19MKAK AIS transmittersMKAK AIS transmittersPersonnel TransferPersonnel Transfer
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
