Kobuk River
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The Kobuk River, also known by the names Kooak, Kowak, Kubuk, Kuvuk, and Putnam, is a river located in the Arctic region of northwestern Alaska in the United States. It is approximately 280 miles long
Aerial view of a motorboat on the Kobuk River
Permafrost regions along the Kobuk River
Kobuk River west of Kiana, Alaska
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Nelma
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Stenodus nelma, known alternatively as the nelma, sheefish, siifish, inconnu or connie, is a commercial species of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is widespread in the Arctic rivers
Kobuk River
…and lowlands, moderately high rugged mountainous land, and some gently sloped plateaus and highlands. The river contains an exceptional population of sheefish (Stenodus Nelma), a large predatory whitefish within the salmon family, which spawns in the river's upper reaches during the autumn. A portion of the…
Iñupiat fishing for sheefish at Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska