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30-518: The Rogers–Post Site , located on the North Slope of the U.S. state of Alaska , is the location of a plane crash that killed humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post on August 15, 1935, during an aerial tour of Alaska . It is about 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Utqiaġvik , on the north side of Walakpa Bay near the mouth of the Walakpa River . The flight was described by

60-538: A full term as mayor in October 2017 but was forced into a November runoff against his nephew, Frederick Brower, where he easily won a full 3-year term. According to the United States Census Bureau , the borough has a total area of 94,796 square miles (245,520 km ), of which 88,695 square miles (229,720 km ) is land and 6,101 square miles (15,800 km ) (6.4%) is water. The borough

90-411: A high school diploma or higher, with 16.5% having a Bachelor's degree or higher. 79.0% of the population were in the civilian labor force. (72.8% of women) The median household income was $ 79,306, with the average per capita income from May 2019 to April 2020 being $ 48,730. 11.4% of the population were in poverty. As of the census of 2010, 9,430 people, 2,109 households, and 1,524 families residing in

120-482: Is larger in area, it has no borough-level government. The borough is the fourth-least densely populated county-level entity in the United States. The Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is the least densely populated county-level entity. It shares its eastern border with Yukon , Canada, which has no subdivisions. As of the census of 2020, the borough had 11,031 people and 1,979 households. The population density

150-518: Is larger than 39 states. Its western coastline is along the Chukchi Sea , while its eastern shores (beyond Point Barrow ) are on the Beaufort Sea . The North Slope Borough is the largest county-level political subdivision in the United States by area, with a larger land area than the state of Utah , the 13th-largest state in the nation . Although the adjacent Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area

180-533: Is more slender and almost 10 feet (3 m) taller than the first monument. It was built by then 72-year-old Jesse Stubbs (November 30, 1879 – March 14, 1960), who claimed to be a childhood friend of Rogers and arrived in Anchorage in summer 1953 intending to walk from there to Barrow, only getting as far as Fairbanks where he, and his dog Quacco, caught a plane flight for the remainder of the journey. The Stubbs monument memorializes not only Rogers and Post, but also

210-509: Is the northernmost borough in the US state of Alaska and, thus, the northernmost county or equivalent of the United States as a whole. As of the 2020 census , the population was 11,031. The borough seat and largest city, comprising nearly half of the borough’s population, is Utqiaġvik (known as Barrow from 1901 to 2016), the northernmost settlement in the United States . The borough

240-686: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge . The entire coastal plain of Alaska has tremendous ecological importance with the densest concentration of birds in the Arctic. Under the North Slope is an ancient seabed, which now contains large amounts of petroleum . Within the North Slope, there is a geological feature called the Barrow Arch — a belt of the kind of rock known to be able to serve as a trap for oil. It runs from

270-509: The Associated Press as prelude to a planned Trans-Siberian flight to Moscow. The pair were flying from Fairbanks to Barrow (modern-day Utqiaġvik ) when they encountered fog and low visibility. Locating a hole in the fog at Walakpa Bay, they landed. They spent some time with a small party of Alaska Natives and received directions for the short distance remaining to Barrow. They were barely airborne, around 50 feet (15 m), when

300-760: The National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPRA), which was established by President Warren G. Harding in 1923 as an oil supply for the US Navy, though the presence of oil in the region had been known by American whalers for some time. It contains the bulk of Alaska's known petroleum until the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field was discovered (outside the NPRA) in 1968, followed by the Kuparuk River oil field in 1969. The petroleum extracted from

330-499: The U.S. Geological Survey estimated 3.6 billion barrels of oil and 8.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in Mississippian through Paleogene strata in the central North Slope of Alaska, which are undiscovered and technically recoverable. 69°03′28″N 152°51′46″W  /  69.0578758°N 152.8628274°W  / 69.0578758; -152.8628274 North Slope Borough, Alaska The North Slope Borough

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360-757: The Alaskan veterans of World War II . Both monuments overlooked the lagoon crash site. Photos from the summer of 2017 show only the original monument still standing. The Stubbs monument was relocated to Barrow in 2016 after its location was threatened by coastal erosion . Another memorial had been previously dedicated in Barrow on August 15, 1982. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Alaska North Slope The entire Arctic coastal plain of Alaska with its Arctic coastal tundra has tremendous ecological importance with

390-539: The Prudhoe Bay Oil Field and neighboring reserves is also a potential source for unconventional tight oil and shale gas – possibly containing "up to 2 billion barrels of technically recoverable oil and up to 80 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, according to a 2012 U.S. Geological Survey report." Alaska North Slope (ANS) is a more expensive waterborne crude oil. Since 1987, Alaska North Slope (ANS) crude production has been in decline. As of 2020,

420-412: The United States. The average household size was 3.36 people. 7.9% of the population were under the age of 5, 26.8% were under the age of 18, 65.7% were between the ages of 18 and 64, and 7.5% were aged 65 or older. 62.4% of the population were male and 37.6% were female. 86.2% of households contained a computer, with 69.8% of households having a broadband Internet connection. 89.7% of the population had

450-510: The airline Ravn Alaska went into bankruptcy and ended operations. The government of North Slope Borough attempted to take control of the airline's assets to keep flights and shipments coming to the community, but the Alaska Attorney General stated that the borough did not have that authority. The borough is governed by an eleven-member assembly, elected to staggered three-year terms, which meets monthly. Representation on

480-440: The assembly is apportioned among the various communities; Barrow is allotted six seats, Nuiqsut, Point Hope, and Wainwright one seat apiece, while the remaining two seats combine two communities; Anaktuvuk Pass with Kaktovik and Atqasuk with Point Lay. The borough's executive and administrative powers are vested in a mayor, who is limited to two consecutive three-year terms. Former mayor Eugene Brower, Charlotte Brower's husband,

510-424: The borough. The population density was 12.03 square miles (31.2 km ) per person. There were 2,538 housing units at an average density of 35 square miles (91 km ) per unit. The racial makeup of the borough was 33.37% White , 1% Black or African American , 54.08% Native American (mostly Iñupiat ), 4.51% Asian , 1.1% Pacific Islander , 0.71% from other races, and 5.23% from two or more races. 2.64% of

540-767: The bottom of the Landsat 7 image on the right, the rugged terrain of the Brooks Range mountains is snow-covered in places (blue areas) and exposed (pink areas) in others. Much of the region is located politically in North Slope Borough , and geographically in the Alaska North Slope basin . On August 12, 2018, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit the region, the most powerful recorded for the Alaskan North Slope. The region includes

570-587: The city of Utqiaġvik to a point just west of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Ira Harkey quotes Noel Wien as stating that in the 1920s, "To keep warm and to cook with, the Eskimo was burning hunks of dark stuff he just picked up on the ground all around his tent. This was oil from seepage under the tundra. The Eskimos had always known about the oil, long before there was any drilling for it." The North Slope region includes

600-546: The densest concentration of birds in the Arctic, along with housing substantial amounts of large mammals such as whales, walrus, seals, caribou, and moose. The region includes the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as well as the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska (NPRA). Within the North Slope, only a surface "active layer" of the tundra thaws each season; most of the soil is permanently frozen year-round. On top of this permafrost , water flows out to sea via shallow, braided streams or settles into pools and ponds. Along

630-742: The larger, with a pink granite memorial marker quarried near the Rogers family home in Claremore, Oklahoma . The elaborate dedication ceremonies involved a four-way CBS radio broadcast from Barrow, the United States Capitol , the Oklahoma State Capitol , and the Texas State Capitol . The second monument, built 15 years later, is a concrete obelisk consisting of four diminishing rectangular blocks, and

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660-469: The motor failed. The aircraft plummeted into the lagoon and overturned. It was the first fatal air accident near the city of Utqiaġvik. The first monument at the site was dedicated three years after the crash and financed through nationwide public subscription. It was designed in Oklahoma , home of both Rogers and Post, and built from poured concrete . The design was essentially two cubes, the smaller atop

690-416: The population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 2,109 households, out of which 48.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were married couples living together, 18.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 21.4% of all households comprised individuals, and 1.9% had someone who was 65 or older living alone. The average household size

720-433: The population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. 42.84% reported speaking Iñupiaq or "Eskimo" at home, while 4.21% reported speaking Tagalog . As of the census of 2000, there were 7,385 people. The racial makeup was 17.09% White , 0.72% Black or African American , 68.38% Native American (mostly Iñupiat ), 5.92% Asian , 0.84% Pacific Islander , 0.50% from other races, and 6.55% from two or more races. 2.37% of

750-780: The region is transferred south by means of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to Valdez on the Pacific Ocean . In 2005 the USGS estimated that the Arctic Alaska Petroleum Province, encompassing all the lands and adjacent Continental Shelf areas north of the Brooks Range-Herald arch (see map) held more than 50 billion bbl of oil and natural-gas liquids and 227 trillion cubic feet of gas. The source rock for

780-453: Was 0.12 inhabitants per square mile (0.046/km ). There were 2,631 housing units at an average density of 0.03 inhabitants per square mile (0.012/km ). The racial makeup of the borough was 53.2% Native American or Alaska Native , 32.7% White , 4.3% Hispanic or Latino , 1.8% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander , 1.6% African American , and 5.3% were from two or more races. 4.6% of the population were veterans , and 6.3% were born outside of

810-517: Was 3.45, and the average family size was 4.05. The borough's population was spread out, with 38.2% under 18, 9.50% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 18.10% from 45 to 64, and 4.2% who were 65 or older. The median age was 27 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.90 males. "Among all North Slope Borough communities, a higher percentage of Nuiqsut households use subsistence resources for more than half of their diet." The borough has

840-630: Was convicted of tax evasion involving contractor kickbacks in the 1980s. Former mayor George Ahmaogak had billed the Borough for a family vacation in Hawaii. His wife, Maggie, was later convicted of embezzlement by the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission in 2015. Edward Itta succeeded George Ahmaogak and served two terms, 2005–2011. In 2011, Charlotte Brower defeated Ahmaogak in a runoff election after his Hawaii vacation

870-552: Was established in 1972 by an election of the majority Indigenous people in the region, following Congressional passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act . Most are Inupiat . The borough was named for the Alaska North Slope basin . In 1974, it adopted a Home Rule Charter , enabling it to exercise any legitimate governmental power. The borough has first-class status and exercises the powers of planning, zoning, taxation, and schools. In 2020,

900-500: Was revealed. She was recalled in April 2016, after it was reported the year before that her office had made numerous donations to individuals (including family members), sports clubs, and other groups that amounted to more than $ 800,000 since 2011. In July 2016, Harry K. Brower Jr., Charlotte Brower's brother-in-law, was first elected in a run-off election to serve the rest of Charlotte Brower's second term. Harry K. Brower Jr. ran for

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