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Nome Sightseeing Tours |
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P Serpentine Hot Springs P Iditarod Sled Dog Race P Gold Panning
P Kotzebue P Eskimo Village P Anvil Mountain P Bering Sea
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Nome is built on a bench of gently sloping coastline on the shores of the Bering Sea, 540 air miles west of Fairbanks, 510 air miles northwest of Anchorage, and only seven jet minutes from Siberia.
"There’s no place like Nome!" shouts the city’s motto—and it’s true. When gold was found in the sands near the mouth of Anvil Creek east of town in 1898, yet another of Alaska’s gold rushes was on. By the turn of the century, 20,000 miners were working the beaches of Norton Sound and upstream placer deposits—one-third of Alaska’s non-native population at the time. By 1905 the rush faded and the population stabilized at around 5,000, where it remains to this day. Gold history litters the region, including the ghost town of Solomon, the abandoned locomotives of "the train to nowhere," and several rusting dredges.
Summer temperatures are ranging from 40 to 70 degrees. However, frost is possible during any month of the year, though it is unlikely in July and August.
The entire seaward population of the city is protected by a 3350-foot-long sea wall of granite boulders. These huge rocks were trucked in from Cape Nome, 13 miles distant, at a cost of more than one million dollars.
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Full Day Nome Arctic Tour
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From Anchorage
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$385 Adult
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From Fairbanks
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$585 Adult
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Transfer to the Anchorage or Fairbanks airport on your own. Depart in the morning for your flight to Nome. Upon arrival in Nome, your guide will give a brief orientation and outline of your visit. Nome, situated on the Seward Peninsula by the Bering Sea, is rich in colorful Gold Rush history, and is home to the world's longest dog sled race. The Iditarod commemorates the heroic attempts of dog sled teams to deliver serum to Nome during the diphtheria epidemic of 1924. Have your camera ready as you pull into a dog musher's camp, where you'll experience first-hand the difficulty of dog racing. During your visit to Little Creek Mine, you'll be greeted by a gold miner's family and learn about the gold strike of the 1890's. See modern day prospectors looking for the big strike and try your own luck at panning for gold-what you find, you keep. Shoppers and collectors will find exquisite jade, hand-carved ivory and skin sewings here. Return flight to Anchorage or Fairbanks in the late afternoon.
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2 Days / 1 Night Nome Arctic Tour
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From Anchorage
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$495 Adult
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From Fairbanks
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$695 Adult
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Transfer to the Anchorage or Fairbanks airport on your own. Depart in the morning for your flight to Nome. Upon arrival in Nome, your guide will give a brief orientation and outline of your visit. Nome, situated on the Seward Peninsula by the Bering Sea, is rich in colorful Gold Rush history, and is home to the world's longest dog sled race. The Iditarod commemorates the heroic attempts of dog sled teams to deliver serum to Nome during the diphtheria epidemic of 1924. Have your camera ready as you pull into a dog musher's camp, where you'll experience first-hand the difficulty of dog racing. During your visit to Little Creek Mine, you'll be greeted by a gold miner's family and learn about the gold strike of the 1890's. See modern day prospectors looking for the big strike and try your own luck at panning for gold-what you find, you keep. Shoppers and collectors will find exquisite jade, hand-carved ivory and skin sewings here. Overnight at the Nome Nugget Inn. Breakfast will be on your own. Enjoy the morning and the extra time to explore Nome. Return flight to Anchorage or Fairbanks.
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