Wulik River
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of Alaska
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It heads in the De Long Mountains 5 mi. N of Sheep Mtn., at 682300N 1625400W and flows SW to Kivalina Lagoon in the Chukchi Sea
Chukchi Sea
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, east of Kivalina
Kivalina, Alaska
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, and 42 mi. NW of Noatak
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, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low
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The Umiak Bend is located on the Wulik River, 8 miles NW of Kivalina. Its name originated when an Inuit skin boat (umiak
Umiak
The umiak, umialak, umiaq, umiac, oomiac or oomiak is a type of boat used by Eskimo people, both Yupik and Inuit, and was originally found in all coastal areas from Siberia to Greenland. First arising in Thule times, it has traditionally been used in summer to move people and possessions to...
) was destroyed at that point by unusually rough water conditions.
The Inuit
Inuit
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name of this river was reported by Lt. G. M. Stoney of the US Navy, in 1886, as "Woleek."