Noorvik: A Tour of a Bush Alaska Village
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- Noorvik is a very rural Alaskan native village. Approximately 600 people live in Noorvik and 95% of them are native Alaskan Iñupiaq. There are no roads leading to Noorvik: It is completely off the grid: this is rural Alaska.
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This is a terrific video. I love the visual perspective from the snow machine. For those of us who have never been, it’s as though we were.
Thank you Chris.
I'm reluctant to say anything at all but I,doubt anyone see this. I left Noorvik in April of 2019 after living there two years almost to the day. There was a disappearance and no matter that I was cleared, no matter that I have no history of violence, I was shunned. I tried to hold on and I hoped every day that something would turn up that would let the locals know that I didn't know anything. I'm 63 and I had finally found home. I loved it there. I was well on my way to knowing every single person. When everyone stops talking to you, it's not home anymore. It ended up being the worst experience of my life. Except for scabies.
Im sorry to hear that. There are some really good people there, that you clearly met and made friends with, total bummer how it ended.
What is "a disappearance"?
@@strongblkwoman3930 Noorvik is in the middle of the Arctic and there are no roads connecting communities. There are approximately 500 people in the village of Noorvik . The next closest village, Seliwik, is about 30 miles, as the crow flies, then Kotzebue 60 miles away. That said, it is remote and if someone goes missing in the wilderness they may never be found.🙏🏽
@@RaisedinAlaska
Wow... you got blamed when someone went missing?
@@RaisedinAlaska it’s all about the people. Life is who you surround yourself with. It doesn’t matter if it’s in the Arctic. If the people are good, then life is good. Life was good. Then it wasn’t . After two years, I knew almost everyone but not the girl that went missing. I’d never heard of her AND I was totally cleared by the authorities. Everyone stopped talking to me. I even told the FBI that if they could track back the SOURCE of the rumors about me, they’d probably have the guilty party. I haven’t been happy since I left. Not one day
Love the Hailstones from Life Below Zero! Most famous house true!
I totally agree. They are the real deal and really fine people.
Where's Chip & Alice? Lol. My favorite two people on the show LIFE BELOW ZERO! THANKS For The Video.
I agree, they are the stars of the program. I do go by their house. I referred to their place as the most famous house in town.
Just stumbled upon this one my friend! I very much appreciate videos like yours! I would NEVER know about places like this without someone like you sharing it! Thank you!
LJ Jackson Thank you. Noorvik is a unique village with very friendly people and a vibrant culture.
@@RaisedinAlaska Friendly people. That's the essence of life
This looks like a slice of heaven.
Great video. very similar to where i grew as a kid in eastern canada. Although my town has modernized drastically since. these small towns like you show are the best to live in simply because people still know how to respect and help each other. take care.
Thank you for watching and commenting. I couldn’t agree with you more about the atmosphere in small communities.
I lived in Noorvik many moons ago! It was great to revisit & see all the changes! Thanks for a trip down memory lane!!!
Thank you for watching.
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Nice video. Thanks for the tour.
Thank you, the Arctic is magical.
I have such a strong love for the north and remote places, it makes my heart scream. Which I could live there.
Miss Mojo Noorvik is a very cool place that is different than any other.
Yea same here I always wanted to visit Alaska and 5hese places that exist i always wanted to try i wish I lived here
Muy bonito lugar pará conocer,
Lo conozco por la serie de TV, alfilo d norte,
En TV española,
Un abrazo desde canencia de la sierra, Madrid, España,
Spent a year there in 1995 when we helped rebuild the run way. I loved it. Beautiful people. It has grown so much!
Agreed, great people in Noorvik.
@@RaisedinAlaska one day I will go back.
The beauty of the Arctic is amazing.
by new zealand standards that is more of a small town, Our villages usually might have a petrol station which sells a tiny bit of food, bread, milk, margarine, cheese and where you can pick up your mail. Anything else you drive to the nearest town maybe once a fortnight and do a big day trip
I would agree with you. A small town in Alaska might be this size or smaller if it were on the road system. Noorvik is hours, by plane, to the nearest road system. All goods must be either barged in during the summer months or flown in.
Man you sure are lucky to live in a place like that where there is true freedom. I bet money is probably a lot harder to come by though I fell in love with Alaska when I seen the first life below zero show the Hailstones was my favorite I watched every episode at least 2 times
They are my favorites on the show as well: They are the real deal.
A lot of students and adults don’t get to have a big, privileged life like you people have lol
Some people who get out of high school live with their parents unable to reach their true potential, but those who don’t, have a semi normal life of a…your kind of people lol
@@jamesonayapan ?
Thank you for sharing with us. I am watching from the State of Maine 🌲
Thank you for watching. Maine is certainly one of the more beautiful places in the US. The hardwoods in the fall are spectacular.
Thank you for sharing my mom lives there now I can see what it looks like :)
Noorvik is a very friendly town and well off the beaten path. It is a very unique location with a rich history.
Amazing video, thank you for sharing. Keep the videos coming!
Thank you for the kind words.
Great video of a village all by itself!
Thank you.
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Noorvik is worth a visit.😁
Great ❤️ Video....really enjoyed it, Thanks for sharing :)♥️🌹 👍👍👍👍👍
I would love to live here. I am so sick of NYC.
Noorvik is certainly different than NYC. It is beyond remote and the Arctic has a unique beauty like no other place.
I spent several years in this region working for OCS, these are some tough people hanging on to traditions passed down from the ancestors. Living in the arctic is challenging on many levels and preparation for winter is an ongoing event with the people who live here.
Very true: Winter is always coming in the Arctic.🥶
Awesome! Greetings from Salcha, AK
Pretty area, I always enjoy traveling to your area of the state.
I miss home ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Noorvik is very special place.
Amazing video👍
Superb
Love from NILAMBUR safari❤️❤️❤️
Thank you, it is an amazing place.
I’ve been there. Real nice gym. Coming. From Elim Alaska
This is my hometown
Kotz is so unique. It it a bucket list destination for outdoor recreation.
Do I remember correctly from my Arctic visit to Nome and Kotzebue back in '84, when I drove to AK from here in IL solo, that the reason for the pilings under big buildings is so the heating of the buildings won't that the permafrost, causing it to sink into the resulting mud? That was brought up here, but wasn't explained. Otherwise, a very good video.
Very true. Good clarification.
@@RaisedinAlaska "so that the heating of the buildings won't THAT the permafrost"? Uh . . . that was supposed to read "MELT the permafrost". Mama mia!
“Smart” phones.😂
@@RaisedinAlaska , no, mine's a "stupid" phone--just an old flip phone; it apparently happened that my fingers temporarily got a mind of their own.
@Raised in Alaska, yeah, I just noticed that after re-watching most of this video, not realizing I'd already done so 2 years ago. How did 'melt' turn into 'that'? I have no idea! I need to re-read before posting in the future.
Who's thinking about moving here duringe in the coronavirus
They are very worried about the virus getting up here, but so far there has not been a case in the Kotz region.
I suppose the remote locations explains why so many job offers are for over 100k to get crucial positions filled. I’ve always debated coming to Alaska.
I’d say you are correct. That said, there is no place like the Arctic. If you choose to go, you will never forget the experience.
Funny, was saying - guess nobody drives there in the Winter - then at 6:24 a truck. My building has more people living than this town. That would be great to check out.
There is no road to Noorvik, other than an ice road that may get put in for a few days in the winter. Other than that, any vehicle in town would either have to be barged in the summer or towed 60 miles up the frozen rivers in the winter.
Awesome video!!! I love seeing just the reality of Alaska without the narratives of directors/producers!!!
Thank you. Very cool place.
Iam from India. Alaska looks nice
Noorvik is a nice, remote village.
I would love to teach in a town like this!
Fred Sieber Noorvik is a very cool place with a lot of freshly people. It you are looking to teach there, contact HR at Northwest Arctic Borough School District.
Apache, from AZ. respect for the FRONTIER!
Awesome!! I feel like I've been there!
How do they survive in the winter? Do they get assistance from gov? Do they stock up once a month? Do they grow some food in summer?
There is little to no farming because the growing season is very short. Additionally, I don’t think the soil would support crop rotations. Most villages are strategically placed on rivers that have good salmon runs and along caribou migration routes. It is a hard life, but the local Inupiaq people are tough folks.
U did not meet hailstone family..nice video
I have met the Hailstone: Great family who are working hard to preserve, and pass down to their children, a way of life that is slowly being consumed by modernization.
I miss noorvik
Andrea Black Noorvik is a great village with a lot of wonderful people. Go bears!
@@RaisedinAlaska yes go bears lol i havent been home in 12 years :) it was good to see noorvik in the video
2:11 Does this store at least have baskets for shopping?
There are baskets. It has anything a person really needs, and the costumer service was excellent.👍🏽
@@RaisedinAlaska Ok and I just wanted to make sure if I wanted to visit myself
@@trevorcolby532 The Arctic is a magical place. It is really underrated, but is a bucket list destination.
@@RaisedinAlaska Got it
Looks so cold and inhospitable. Law enforcement?
The residents of Noorvik are very nice people. If the is legal issues, police or state troopers fly in to assist.
The only problem I would have living in a village like that is getting my cigars ordered in.....
Other than that I could thoroughly enjoy living in a village like that....
There is a lost of mail order shopping in the village. :-)
Why was that the most famous house?
The house I refer to as, “most famous house in town” is the Hailstone’s house. They are on Life Below Zero. Very nice people and a kind of the real deal when it comes to living a traditional subsistence lifestyle.
Inuits And Yupiks are both part of the catch all or and blanket term Eskimos they are the same race or and ethnicity distinct from Aleuts, Amerindians, Europeans, And Alaskan Creoles also known as Metis also known as Mestizos also known as Mixed Bloods
Anthropologically, I’m not certain about blood lines, but in my time in the Arctic I found that the locals, on the Alaskan Peninsula, preferred to be called Inupiaq and regarded other terms as derogatory.
If you know of Stan Zuray, does he live close to there, I can remember him talking about Noorvik, I think he's in the Yukon somewhere...
Jedidiah Sorry, I do not know Stan.
@@RaisedinAlaska Your thinking of someone else...... LOL!! Sheeez...the next time you drive by the most famous house in Noorvik, stop in, say somthin' :D
The snacks in that shop are fresh right?🌚.
You know it.😉
@@RaisedinAlaska you live in Alaska fr?!
НУРВИК ОЧЕНЬ ХОРОШ ЛЕТОМ! 😁
Didn't show the trash dump in Barrow...smellest, nastiest dump ever.
The dump is a couple miles out of town on the tundra and the residents do a nice job of maintaining it so it stays pretty tidy.
Thump's Up
Thank you, Noorvik is a very unique place.
A very fast video. 😞
Do the people there know of Alan Gross through radio or otherwise? He's a guy who's said he will help out
Mouth Eater I have not heard the name before.
@@RaisedinAlaska an independent senate candidate. Has some great ads
For some people that could be hell on Earth just add alcohol where's my bourbon
If a person enjoys the city life the Arctic may not be the best place for them.
@@RaisedinAlaska what I meant is don't give an Inuit a bottle
Life in Arctic may be different, but also good
At times
Since there are no roads, how do you get gasoline for your vehicles? Also, where do you get drinking water?
Gas is barged in, up the river, during the summer and stored at a large tank farm. Noorvik has two water sources: in the summer drinking water comes from a pond and in the winter there is a well.
@@RaisedinAlaska
Thanks! Glad to know all is well. Blessings to all the good folks there. :)
Can anyone move there?
Anyone could move to Noorvik, but there are no vacant houses.
Where’s chip and Agnes hailstone live up there ?
The Hailstones do live in Noorvik. They have a wonderful family and work hard to preserve the culture of the area. I pass by their house in this video and refer to it as the most famous house in town.
Why is the house famous?
It is the Hailstorm’s house. The stars on Life Below Zero.
@@RaisedinAlaska How many viewers do you think knew that?
Not many, unless they are LBZ fans.😉
@@RaisedinAlaska You should have stated why it was famous.
Try this:
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Interesting video. Thanks. I also have a Kotzebue video.😁
I live there
Noorvik is a place with friendly people.
@@RaisedinAlaska i would not say that.People in noorvik always shoot guns during day time and theres hustlers in noorvik and dealers like drug dealers.
Kelson Sheldon24 stupid bro😂
kelson sheldon When I was there I met some fantastic people and watched some very good basketball. Additionally, it was beautiful there.
@@boobafield9393 😂🤣😂
How come everyone there has a brand new snowgo? How does everyone afford one?
There is a large variety of vintages of snow machines in the Arctic. Additionally, snow machines are the primary transportation for nearly half the year.
@@RaisedinAlaska I’m from Galena on the Yukon and about half the population had these really old ones, I didn’t really see any in the video
Probably just the luck of the draw. I’d suspect your experience with the vintage of machines is similar to Noorvik.
What do people do to earn an income there?
There are reaching jobs, healthcare jobs and other jobs. Additionally, many residents live a subsistence lifestyle.
Where is chip hail stone?
I went by the Hailstone’s house. I referred to it as the most famous house in town. Very nice family.
@@RaisedinAlaska Sorry I heard you say that but I didn’t know you were talking about the house thank you
It was subtle. I figured if people watched LBZ they might recognize the house. After viewing the video again, I realize I didn’t give a clear picture of the house. Thank you for watching.
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Imagine living in town in the richest country in the world and it's powered by A DIESEL GENERATOR
I know right. I added that detail in because it struck me as odd too. That said, after being up there and seeing the reality of the Arctic I don’t think the is currently any other viable options. In the winter, there is no direct sunlight and the sun only peeks over the horizon for a couple hours. Someday we will have better options.
@@RaisedinAlaska wind power
I think that certainly could be part of the solution. They will need to have a solution for the weeks in the winter when it is -40 F and there are many weeks in the winter when there is little wind. That said, I think it could be part of the solution.
What a depressing place
Actually, there are a ton of cool adventures to be had in the Arctic, and the people of Noorvik are super friendly.