Passengers being towed on a scow out to a ship at Nome

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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• Subjects: Passengers > Alaska > Nome; Towing > Alaska > Nome; Tugboats > Alaska > Nome; Scows > Alaska > Nome; Towboats > Alaska > Nome; Norway; St Michael; The Beaches; eskimo*; Inupiaq; Nome; Alaska; Lapland
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/242

Filed in Alaska--Cities--Nome Inupiaq Eskimos camped for centuries in the area around Nome before Russia claimed Alaska as its own. In the 18th century, Russians established a settlement at St. Michael, 125 miles to the southeast. Fur traders and whales from many countries also worked the area coast...