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unusual facts about Kodiak


Naval Air Facility Adak

Additional P-38s were flown in along with some P-39D Aircobras of the 42d Fighter Squadron which had been providing air defense for Kodiak.


Afognak

The descendants of the Native inhabitants of the island are officially recognized as the Native Village of Afognak, most of whom live in Port Lions or Kodiak.

Afognak, Alaska

With help from the Lions Club and the federal government, a new community was constructed on the northeast coast of Kodiak Island, called Port Lions in honor of the Lions Club who helped relocate the village.

Fernie Alpine Resort

During spring 2009, Fernie Alpine Resort was temporarily transformed into the fictional Kodiak Valley ski resort, circa 1986, for exterior location shots for the Hollywood film Hot Tub Time Machine.

Ken Schrader Racing

In 1989, he made twelve races and picked up his first win in the Busch Series at Dover, and ran with Kodiak sponsorship in 1990.

Kodiak Coil Tubing

Kodiak Coil Tubing is an oilfield service company incorporated in 2001, based in Alberta, Canada.

Kodiak Seamount

Like the rest of the Kodiak-Bowie seamounts, it was formed by the Bowie hotspot.

KUBD

KUBD-LP, a low-power television station (channel 11) licensed to Kodiak, Alaska, United States

KUBD-LP

KUBD-LP is available only over-the-air; it is not available on Kodiak Island cable system GCI, which opted for Anchorage CBS affiliate KTVA instead.

Larry Hedrick

In 1999 sponsor Kodiak moved to Melling Racing, leaving the team in search of sponsorship.

Lee Patterson

Patterson played Tom Kirk in the episode "Behind the Moon" and Jeff Warren in "Sign of the Kodiak", a reference to the Kodiak bear.

Loren Leman

Loren Dwight Leman (born December 2, 1950) was the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, traces his family history in Alaska to a marriage in Kodiak more than 200 years ago between a Russian shipbuilder and an Alutiiq woman from Afognak.

Raymond Beadle

For 1990, the Kodiak sponsorship moved to Hendrick Motorsports to sponsor the #25, and Beadle's team was sponsored by Miller Genuine Draft beer.

In its penultimate year of operation, the team won the 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup title, with Wallace driving the #27 Kodiak Pontiac.

Stacy Compton

Soon afterwards, Melling announced that Compton would pilot their #9 Kodiak Ford Taurus in the Winston Cup Series in 2000.

Women's Bay

Womens Bay, Alaska, a census-designated place in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, in the United States


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