Norton Sound · AK
Shaktoolik
A village that has moved twice and faces the sea again.
- Population
- 212 (2020 census)
- Moved
- 1933 and 1967
Then
- 1933
The village moves to the river mouth.
- 1967
Storms drive it to the present site.
- 1980
A plane carrying naturalist Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente crashes here.
Now
Erosion threatens the town. Residents fish, herd reindeer and hunt.