Aretha Franklin speaks to the crowd at the dedication of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. At right Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, and President Barack Obama The memorial opened to visitors before its planned dedication, with visiting hours on August 22â25, 2011.
Kachemak Bay is a 40-mi-long (64 km) arm of Cook Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southwest side of the Kenai Peninsula.
Kotzebue, Alaska sits on a 3-mile-long spit at the northwest end of Baldwin Peninsula in Kotzebue Sound and about 30 miles above the Arctic Circle. It may look isolated, but this town is the hub of commerce, culture and outdoor activity for the northwestern Arctic region. Kotzebue is a popular stop for visitors on airline package tours who want to see a bit of the Arctic landscape and visit the Innaigvik Education and Information Center to learn about the people. The northwest Arctic is a haven for wildlife and a heaven for who subsist on it or merely want to observe it.