Nome,+Alaska

The History Of Nome... Nome has had a long run through history, many events have taken place in this area of alaska. Nome was once even the area where a massive gold rush had taken place. This event helped Nome become the largest city In all of Alaska. Alaska's population has dropped by over 10,000 people since the early 1900's, and now the population is only a little over 1,000! Some people may wonder of how such a drastic change may have occured. Throughout the 1900's many events took place that caused this change to occur, one of which being massive fires that broke out through Nome many people lost their homes and moved away.

Diverse Birds in Nome... Nome Attracts many bird watchers all-year round, there are bird watching competition's expo's and demo's. One birdwatcher said "Every year I come here to Nome in order to see some of the rare birds, some can only be seen here, others are very rare." Nome is one of the places with the largest number of diverse species of birds.

The Iditarod Nome is also famous for being the finish line for the famous iditarod dog sled race. The Iditarod attracts many tourists to Nome every time it is run. The racers have to sleep through nights of even fifty degrees below zero. One of the racers said that it probably helps him the most when he dresses to stay warm because otherwise the process of hypothermia can be accelerated.