Editing Gambell, Alaska

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| official_name            = Gambell
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| other_name               =
| settlement_type          = [[City (Alaska)|City]]<!--see references-->
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| image_caption            = Aerial view of Gambell in 2017
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| subdivision_type2        = [[List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska|Census Area]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome]]
| established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date         = December 12, 1963<ref>{{cite journal|title=Directory of Borough and City Officials 1974|journal=Alaska Local Government|volume=XIII|issue=2|page=35|location=Juneau|publisher=[[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development|Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs]]|date=January 1974}}</ref>
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<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes     = <ref>{{cite web |title=City of Gambell |url=https://www.akml.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/gambell.pdf |website=Alaska Municipal League Directory |publisher=Alaska Municipal League |access-date=2 March 2025 |date=2025}}</ref>
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Howard Tungiyan
| leader_title1            = [[Alaska Senate|State senator]]
| leader_name1             = [[Donny Olson]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])
| leader_title2            = [[Alaska House of Representatives|State rep.]]
| leader_name2             = [[Neal Foster]] (D)
| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_02.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 73.61
| area_total_sq_mi         = 28.42
| area_land_km2            = 27.21
| area_land_sq_mi          = 10.51
| area_water_km2           = 46.40
| area_water_sq_mi         = 17.91
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| elevation_m              = 0
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| population_total         = 640
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_density_km2   = 23.52
| population_density_sq_mi = 60.92
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'''Gambell''' {{smaller|(GAM-bull)}}<ref>
 {{cite web
 |url         = http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_name=Gambell
 |title       = Gambell
 |publisher   = Division of Community and Regional Affairs, [[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development]]
 |access-date  = January 23, 2013
|url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121230030043/http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Gambell
 |archive-date = December 30, 2012
}}
</ref> ({{langx|ess|Sivuqaq}})<ref>Issenman, Betty. ''Sinews of Survival: The living legacy of Inuit clothing''. UBC Press, 1997. pp252-254</ref> is a [[City (Alaska)|city]]<ref>
 {{cite web
 |url         = http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/pub/11Taxable.pdf
 |title       = Alaska Taxable 2011: Municipal Taxation - Rates and Policies
 |publisher   = Division of Community and Regional Affairs, [[Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development]]
 |date        = January 2012
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130425132818/http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/osa/pub/11Taxable.pdf
 |archive-date = April 25, 2013
}}
</ref> in the [[Nome Census Area, Alaska|Nome Census Area]] of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]].  Located on [[St. Lawrence Island]], it had a population of 640 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 681 in 2010.

== History ==
''Sivuqaq'' is the [[Yupik language]] name for St. Lawrence Island and for Gambell. It has also been called ''Chibuchack'' and ''Sevuokok''.

St. Lawrence Island has been inhabited sporadically for the past 2,000 years by both Alaskan [[Yupik peoples|Yup'ik]] and [[Siberian Yupik]] people. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the island had a population of about 4,000.

[[File:Gambell, Alaska with the Chukotkan mountains.jpg|thumb|The village of Gambell in the summer, with Troutman Lake in the foreground, and the mountains of [[Chukchi Peninsula|Chukotka]] in the background.]]

Between 1878 and 1880 a famine decimated the island's population. Many who did not starve left. The remaining population of St. Lawrence Island was nearly all Siberian Yupik.

In 1887, the [[Reformed Episcopal Church]] of America opened a mission on St. Lawrence Island. That year, a carpenter, lumber and tools were left at Sivuqaq by a ship. The carpenter worked with local Yupik to build a wood building, the first they had ever seen. When the building was finished, the carpenter left the keys to the door with a local chief and departed. Since the carpenter had not spoken Siberian Yupik, the residents did not know the purpose of the building.

The Reformed Episcopal Church had not been able to find missionaries willing to live on St. Lawrence Island, so the building built for the mission was left unoccupied. In 1890, the building was acquired by [[Sheldon Jackson]]. He spoke to the Reverend Vene and Nellie Gambell, of [[Wapello, Iowa]], about moving to St. Lawrence Island. Gambell was hired as a schoolteacher and the Gambells came to the island in 1894. They had a daughter in 1897. Nellie Gambell became ill and the Gambells spent the winter of 1897–1898 in the United States, where Nellie was hospitalized. In the spring of 1898, on the return journey to St. Lawrence Island, their ship sank in a storm and 37 people on it drowned, including the Gambells and their daughter. After their death, Sivuqaq was renamed in the Gambells' honor.

On June 22, 1955, during the [[Cold War]], a [[US Navy]] [[P2V Neptune]] with a crew of 11 was attacked by two Soviet fighters in international waters over the Bering Straits between Siberia and Alaska, and crashed near Gambell. Locals from Gambell rescued the crew, 3 of whom were wounded by Soviet fire, and 4 of whom were injured in the crash. The Soviet government, in response to a US diplomatic protest, was unusually conciliatory, stating:
{{blockquote|There was an exchange of shots after a Soviet fighter advised the US plane that it was over Soviet territory and should leave (the US denied that the US plane fired at all).

The incident took place under heavy cloud cover and poor visibility, although the alleged violation of Soviet airspace could be the responsibility of US commanders not interested in preventing such violations.|}}

The Soviet military was under strict orders to "avoid any action beyond the limits of the Soviet state frontiers."

The Soviet government "expressed regret in regard to the incident", adding that "taking into account... conditions which do not exclude the possibility of a mistake from one side or the other," it was willing to compensate the US for 50% of damages sustained—the first such offer ever made by the Soviets for any Cold War shootdown incident. The US government said it was satisfied with the Soviet expression of regret and the offer of partial compensation, although it said that the Soviet statement fell short of what the available information indicated.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.vpnavy.com/vp9_mishap.html|title= VP-9 Mishap|access-date= April 7, 2011|date= January 24, 2011|work=June 22, 1955: US Navy Aircraft Attacked Over Bering Sea.|publisher=U. S. Navy Patrol Squadrons}}</ref>
[[File:Gambell Alaska June 16 '06.jpg|thumb|Gambell in 2016]]
Gambell and [[Savoonga, Alaska|Savoonga]] received joint title to most of St. Lawrence Island under the [[Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act]] of 1971.

The [[Gambell incident]] occurred on February 27, 1974, when a Soviet [[Antonov An-24|Antonov An-24LR]] "Toros" (CCCP-47195) ice reconnaissance aircraft landed at Gambell.

On August 30, 1975, [[Wien Air Alaska Flight 99]] crashed when trying to land in Gambell. 10 of the 32 passengers and crew on board were killed.

In October 2022, two Russian citizens arrived in Gambell by small boat and sought political asylum, saying they wanted to avoid compulsory military service during the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. It was an unusual and dangerous trip; Alaska Governor [[Mike Dunleavy (politician)|Mike Dunleavy]] said he did not expect a continual stream of other arrivals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-immigration-coast-guard-lisa-murkowski-alaska-d6df61f70056645283b0b384087d7486 |title=2 Russians seek asylum after reaching remote Alaska island |author=Becky Bohrer |date=October 6, 2022 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=October 6, 2022}}</ref> US Senator for Alaska [[Lisa Murkowski]] later revealed that the two refugees were members of a group indigenous to Siberia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Russians Seeking Asylum In Alaska Are Indigenous Siberians Fleeing Mobilization, Senator Says |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-alaska-asylum-seekers-ukraine-mobilization/32096745.html |date=October 23, 2022 |publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |access-date=October 25, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
Gambell is on the northwest cape of [[St. Lawrence Island]] in the [[Bering Sea]], {{convert|325|km|mi|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]]. It is {{convert|58|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the [[Chukchi Peninsula]] in the [[Russian Far East]].

[[Image:GambellAlaska.jpg|thumb|250px]]

[[File:Skin boat frame and moon.jpg|thumb|Frame of traditional Yupik skin boat above the west beach of Gambell, Alaska.]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|30.4|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|10.9|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|19.5|sqmi|km2}} (64.10%) is water.

[[File:West beach of Gambell, Alaska.jpg|thumb|West beach of Gambell, Alaska, facing south.]]

The town is served by [[Gambell Airport]].

===Climate===
Owing to the influence of the cold [[Bering Sea]], Gambell has a [[polar climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''ET''). Its hottest month averages cooler than {{convert|50|F|C|disp=or}}. The climate features long, frigid and snowy winters alongside short cool summers. The cold sea creates pronounced [[seasonal lag]], sufficient that April averages colder than December and May colder than October.

Compared to most northern hemisphere polar climates, Gambell is relatively moderate, featuring only [[discontinuous permafrost]] and despite the freezing of the Bering Sea less frigid winters than typical for Asia and North America at similar latitudes. As an example, [[Iqaluit]] on the other side of North America averages {{convert|9.8|F-change|C-change|disp=or}} colder over the year at a similar latitude, and [[Arviat]] on northern [[Hudson Bay]] {{convert|12|F-change|C-change|1|disp=or}} colder despite being two degrees farther south.

{{Weather box
|width = auto
|location = Gambell (1961–1990 normals, extremes 1936–1988)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 39
|Feb record high F = 41
|Mar record high F = 36
|Apr record high F = 45
|May record high F = 54
|Jun record high F = 64
|Jul record high F = 71
|Aug record high F = 68
|Sep record high F = 62
|Oct record high F = 53
|Nov record high F = 54
|Dec record high F = 42
|year record high F = 71
|Jan avg record high F = 30.2
|Feb avg record high F = 25.0
|Mar avg record high F = 30.0
|Apr avg record high F = 32.3
|May avg record high F = 43.9
|Jun avg record high F = 54.5
|Jul avg record high F = 62.9
|Aug avg record high F = 58.1
|Sep avg record high F = 50.9
|Oct avg record high F = 41.7
|Nov avg record high F = 35.6
|Dec avg record high F = 34.3
|year avg record high F = 63.7
|Jan high F = 11.6
|Feb high F = 6.4
|Mar high F = 9.8
|Apr high F = 18.9
|May high F = 33.6
|Jun high F = 44.0
|Jul high F = 50.7
|Aug high F = 49.7
|Sep high F = 43.5
|Oct high F = 33.7
|Nov high F = 24.8
|Dec high F = 18.6
|year high F = 28.9
|Jan mean F = 7.1
|Feb mean F = 1.4
|Mar mean F = 5.4
|Apr mean F = 13.2
|May mean F = 29.6
|Jun mean F = 39.1
|Jul mean F = 46.5
|Aug mean F = 46.1
|Sep mean F = 40.4
|Oct mean F = 30.7
|Nov mean F = 22.8
|Dec mean F = 15.6
|year mean F = 25.9
|Jan low F = 3.7
|Feb low F = -1.4
|Mar low F = 0.7
|Apr low F = 8.8
|May low F = 25.2
|Jun low F = 34.2
|Jul low F = 41.5
|Aug low F = 41.7
|Sep low F = 36.6
|Oct low F = 28.2
|Nov low F = 19.1
|Dec low F = 11.5
|year low F = 20.9
|Jan avg record low F = -13.7
|Feb avg record low F = -17.3
|Mar avg record low F = -13.2
|Apr avg record low F = -7.3
|May avg record low F = 14.9
|Jun avg record low F = 28.2
|Jul avg record low F = 35.6
|Aug avg record low F = 35.1
|Sep avg record low F = 28.7
|Oct avg record low F = 18.7
|Nov avg record low F = 4.7
|Dec avg record low F = -6.8
|year avg record low F = -19.7
|Jan record low F = -24
|Feb record low F = -26
|Mar record low F = -26
|Apr record low F = -20
|May record low F = 2
|Jun record low F = 21
|Jul record low F = 30
|Aug record low F = 30
|Sep record low F = 24
|Oct record low F = 13
|Nov record low F = -7
|Dec record low F = -20
|year record low F = -26
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.89
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.79
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.04
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.71
|May precipitation inch = 0.88
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.66
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.92
|Aug precipitation inch = 1.87
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.52
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.52
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.53
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.79
|year precipitation inch = 14.12
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 inch
|Jan precipitation days = 8.0
|Feb precipitation days = 6.3
|Mar precipitation days = 4.7
|Apr precipitation days = 8.5
|May precipitation days = 5.4
|Jun precipitation days = 4.0
|Jul precipitation days = 6.7
|Aug precipitation days = 10.3
|Sep precipitation days = 11.0
|Oct precipitation days = 11.2
|Nov precipitation days = 11.3
|Dec precipitation days = 15.3
|year precipitation days = 102.7
|Jan snow inch = 2.3
|Feb snow inch = 3.0
|Mar snow inch = 1.2
|Apr snow inch = 5.4
|May snow inch = 3.3
|Jun snow inch = 0.1
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.3
|Oct snow inch = 2.2
|Nov snow inch = 4.2
|Dec snow inch = 4.0
|year snow inch = 26.0
|unit snow days = 0.01 inch
|Jan snow days = 5.3
|Feb snow days = 5.8
|Mar snow days = 2.8
|Apr snow days = 7.5
|May snow days = 3.6
|Jun snow days = 0.3
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.1
|Oct snow days = 2.7
|Nov snow days = 8.1
|Dec snow days = 10.2
|year snow days = 46.4
|source 1 = [[Western Regional Climate Center]]<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliNORMtM.pl?ak3226
|title = GAMBELL AP, AK (503226) 
|access-date = January 27, 2024 |publisher = Western Regional Climate Center
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240127045242/https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliNORMtM.pl?ak3226
|archive-date = January 27, 2024}}</ref>
|source 2 = XMACIS (snowfall)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/|title=xmACIS2|website=xmacis.rcc-acis.org}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 221
|1920= 48
|1930= 250
|1940= 296
|1950= 309
|1960= 358
|1970= 372
|1980= 445
|1990= 525
|2000= 649
|2010= 681
|2020= 640
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census 2020<ref name="Census 2020">{{cite web |title=DEC Demographic Profile: Gambell city, Alaska |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Gambell_city,_Alaska?g=160XX00US0227640 |website=Census.gov |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=2 March 2025}}</ref>
}}

Gambell first appeared on the 1910 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It was formally incorporated in 1963.

=== 2020 census ===
As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]],<ref name="Census 2020" /> there were 640 people and 148 households in the city.  The population density was {{convert|60.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 206 housing units at an average density of {{convert|19.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}} and an occupancy rate of 83.01%.

The racial makeup of the city was 96.25% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 3.13% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.16% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], and 0.31% from two or more races.  0.63% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

Of the 148 households, 54.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 15.5% were married couples living together, 16.2% were non-married cohabitating couples, 36.5% had a male householder with no spouse or partner present, and 31.8% had a female householder with no spouse present. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 3.14 and the average family size was 3.60.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 38.6% from 18 to 24, 20.5% from 25 to 44, 11.9% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 27.6 years.  For every 100 females, there were 113.8 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $48,750, and the median income for a family was $52,500. 28.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 33.1% of those under the age of 18 and 2.9% ages 65 or older. The per capita income was $17,983.

Of the city's population ages 25 and older, 79.5% had received as high school or equivalent degree, 21.2% had completed some college but not earned a post-secondary degree, 6.8% had received an associate's or bachelor's degree, and 3.0% held a graduate or professional degree.

60.6% of the city's workers were employed by the local, state, or federal government. 23.2% were employed by private companies, 14.1% by non-profit organizations, and 2.1% were self-employed.

=== Racial and ethnic composition data, 2000–2020 ===
<small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Gambell city, Alaska|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US0227640&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Gambell city, Alaska|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0227640&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Gambell city, Alaska|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US0227640&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|23
|25
|style='background: #ffffe6; |19
|3.54%
|3.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.97%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|619
|649
|style='background: #ffffe6; |614
|95.38%
|95.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |95.94%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|3
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.46%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|2
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.31%
|0.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|2
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4
|0.31%
|0.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.63%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''649'''
|'''681'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''640'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

==Education==

Gambell is served by the [[Bering Strait School District]]. [[Gambell School]] serves grades Pre-K through 12. In 1984, two teams of Gambell students—one team of junior high students and one team of 9th through 12th grade—won two national championships in [[Future Problem Solving Program International|Future Problem Solving]]<ref>{{Cite book|title= The Kids from Nowhere: The Story Behind the Arctic Educational Miracle|access-date=August 9, 2019|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=27PCCQAAQBAJ&q=Gambell%2C+Alaska+school+wins+national+championship&pg=PT283|last=Guthridge|first=George |publisher= Graphic Arts Books|year=2011|isbn=9780882408583}}</ref>

In 2023, a team of junior high students (grades 6-8) won a Blade Engineer Award at the [https://www.kidwind.org/challenge/nationals National KidWind Challenge] held in Boulder, Colorado.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KidWind — Teaching the World about Renewables |url=https://www.kidwind.org/challenge/nationals |access-date=May 19, 2023 |website=www.kidwind.org}}</ref><!-- "NOTE: Not found in reference"; "Most of the Gambell students had never been off the island, ridden in elevators or on escalators, or stayed in a hotel. They had to compete against students from schools and programs for the gifted on subjects, such as genetic engineering and nuclear waste disposal, of which the Gambell students had never before heard." -->

==Health==
Sale, importation and possession of alcohol are banned in the village.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/Portals/9/pub/ABC/DryDampCommunities/Local%20Option%20Communities%20-%20Rev%202.25.22.pdf |title=Schedule of Local Option Communities |publisher=Alcoholic Beverage Control Board |accessdate=May 3, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* The Kids from Nowhere, Alaska Northwest Books, 2006.

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060614130759/http://www.gambellpresbyterian.org/ Gambell Presbyterian Church] with description of the village
* [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/extremeice/thinice.html ''NOVA: Extreme Ice - On Thin Ice in the Bering Sea'']
* [https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/one-with-the-whale/ ''One With the Whale''], ''[[Independent Lens]]'' documentary about life in Gambell

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