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| − | * Another Alaskan village, with evidence of habitation since about 600 BC. Point Hope was | + | * Another Alaskan village, with evidence of habitation since about 600 BC. Point Hope was named by Captain Frederick Beechey of the HMS Blossom in 1826 in honor of a friend. The native inhabitants refused to let white men build a whaling station there in the 19th century; their determination was seen again in the 20th century; it prevented the planned detonation of five nuclear bombs 31 miles from Point Hope in the 1960's from being carried out. [DC] |
[[Category: Unreleased tracks]] | [[Category: Unreleased tracks]] | ||
[[Category:Hooper Bay tracks]] | [[Category:Hooper Bay tracks]] | ||
Revision as of 18:07, 1 November 2008
| Point Hope | |
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| Running time | 7.16 |
| Appears on | Hooper Bay |
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- Another Alaskan village, with evidence of habitation since about 600 BC. Point Hope was named by Captain Frederick Beechey of the HMS Blossom in 1826 in honor of a friend. The native inhabitants refused to let white men build a whaling station there in the 19th century; their determination was seen again in the 20th century; it prevented the planned detonation of five nuclear bombs 31 miles from Point Hope in the 1960's from being carried out. [DC]