Editing Point Hope, Alaska (section)

==Geography==
Point Hope is located in the [[Point Hope (cape)|Point Hope]] landhead, at the northwestern end of the [[Lisburne Peninsula]], on the [[Chukchi Sea]] coast, {{convert|40|mi|km}} southwest of Cape Lisburne, Arctic Slope at {{coord|68|20|49|N|166|45|47|W|type:city}} (68.347052, -166.762917).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is just above the [[Arctic Circle]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which, {{convert|6.3|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} of it (1.09%) is water.

In December 2017, ''[[The New York Times]]'' profiled Point Hope, reporting that "a surprising, and bittersweet, side effect of global warming" would soon bring Point Hope "one of the fastest internet connections in America".<ref name=NYTimes2017-12-02/> The people largely rely on traditional subsistence activities such as hunting whales. However, the melting of sea ice and thawing of permafrost as a result of global warming threaten the traditional lifestyles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Joseph |date=2024-07-03 |title=What 6 degrees of warming means for a community built on ice |url=https://www.vox.com/climate/358597/climate-extreme-heat-alaska-indigenous-solutions |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}</ref>