Overview
Shaktoolik is a very small village along Norton Sound. This community has been moved twice because of encroaching seas, a result of global warming that has melted a lot of Arctic ice.
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Getting there
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- UNK Unalakleet Airport, Unalakleet — 35 mi away. Directions
- ANV Anvik Airport, Anvik — 122 mi away. Directions
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Get in
You can get in via:
- the Iditarod Trail
- the Shaktoolik Airport, which is served by Bering Air to nearby communities and Nome, which is served by Alaska Airlines.
Go next
- Ungalik, a place to stop if heading west on the Iditarod Trail
- Unalakleet, a fairly large town by Arctic standards, if going east along the Iditarod Trail. This town is about 25 miles south-southeast of Shaktoolik.
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