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History, humor in Alaska names from Eek to Sagavanirktok
Grant Barrett
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2008/04/16 - 6:58am
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History, humor in Alaska names from Eek to Sagavanirktok. Try Nunathloogagamiutbingoi Dunes or Dakeekathlrimjingia Point, unpronounceable and unexplained other than being of Eskimo origin. Then there's Sagavanirktok, a North Slope river named after an Eskimo word for strong current.

Martha Barnette
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2008/04/22 - 9:40am
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Huh. I can't get this link to work. Wah!

Grant Barrett
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2008/04/22 - 1:48pm
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Changed it to a working one.

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