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City in Alaska, United States
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Kotzebue (Inupiaq: Qikiqtaġruk) is a town of 3,200 people in Arctic Alaska. It's an important regional hub and a launching point for flights to remote Arctic wilderness reserves.
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The National Park Service provides information about nature reserves that you can get to from Kotzebue, along with a museum, a bookstore, and programs run by park rangers.
Kotzebue is a small enough town to be largely walkable, as well as being the only settlement in the region to have concrete paved roads.
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