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Alaska#Cities, towns and boroughs>City| nickname = | motto = "Alaska's Emerald Isle"| image_skyline = {{multiple image }}| image_caption = | imagesize = | image_flag = | image_seal = Seal of City of Kodiak, Alaska.jpg| image_map = AKMap-doton-Kodiak.PNG| mapsize = 250px| map_caption = Location in Alaska| image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU>ACCESS-DATE=APRIL 23, 2011TITLE=US GAZETTEER FILES: 2010, 2000, AND 1990, | subdivision_type = Country| subdivision_name = United StatesU.S. state>State| subdivision_name1 = AlaskaList of boroughs and census areas in Alaska>BoroughKodiak Island Borough, Alaska>Kodiak Island| government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = MayorPUBLISHER=ALASKA MUNICIPAL LEAGUEPAGE=90, Alaska Senate>State senatorGary Stevens (Alaska politician)>Gary Stevens (R)Alaska House of Representatives>State rep.| leader_name2 = Louise Stutes (R)Municipal corporation>IncorporatedJUNEAU>PUBLISHER=ALASKA MUNICIPAL LEAGUE/ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT>DATE=JANUARY 1996, 84, PUBLISHER=UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU, October 29, 2021, | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 14.23| area_land_km2 = 10.16| area_water_km2 = 4.07| area_total_sq_mi = 5.50| area_land_sq_mi = 3.92| area_water_sq_mi = 1.572020 United States Census>2020| population_footnotes = | population_total = 5581| population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_density_km2 = 549.11| population_density_sq_mi = 1422.27Alaska Time Zone>AKST| utc_offset = -9Alaska Daylight Time>AKDT| utc_offset_DST = -8| elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 15| elevation_ft = 49573515239region:US-AK|display=inline,title}}| postal_code_type = ZIP code| postal_code = 99615, 99619, 99697Area code 907>907North American Numbering Plan>Area codeFederal Information Processing Standard>FIPS code| blank_info = 02-40950Geographic Names Information System>GNIS feature ID1404875}}weblink}}| footnotes = | unit_pref = Imperial| image_blank_emblem = City of Kodiak, Alaska logo.png| blank_emblem_type = Logo| name = Kodiak}}The City of Kodiak (Alutiiq: ) is the main city and one of seven communities on Kodiak Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. All commercial transportation between the island's communities and the outside world goes through this city via ferryboat or airline. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city is 5,581, down from 6,130 in 2010.WEB,weblink 2020 Census Data - Cities and Census Designated Places, Web, State of Alaska, Department of Labor and Workforce Development, October 31, 2021, It is the tenth-largest city in Alaska.Inhabited by Alutiiq natives for over 7,000 years, Kodiak was settled in 1792 by subjects of the Russian crown. Originally named Paul's Harbor, it was the capital of Russian Alaska. Russian harvesting of the area's sea otter pelts led to the near extinction of the animal in the following century and led to wars with and enslavement of the natives for over 150 years. The city has experienced two natural disasters in the 20th century: a volcanic ashfall from the 1912 eruption of Novarupta and a tsunami from the 1964 Alaska earthquake.After the Alaska Purchase by the United States in 1867, Kodiak became a commercial fishing center which continues to be the mainstay of its economy. A lesser economic influence includes tourism, mainly by those seeking outdoor adventure trips. Salmon, halibut, the unique Kodiak bear, elk, Sitka deer (black tail), and mountain goats attract hunting tourists as well as fishermen to the Kodiak Archipelago. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game maintains an office in the city and a website to help hunters and fishermen obtain the proper permits and learn about the laws specific to the Kodiak area.The city has four public elementary schools, a middle and high school, as well as a branch of the University of Alaska. An antenna farm at the summit of Pillar Mountain above the city historically provided communication with the outside world before fiber optic cable was run. Transportation to and from the island is provided by ferry service on the Alaska Marine Highway as well as local commercial airlines.

History

Indigenous peoples

Archaeological evidence suggests that the Kodiak Archipelago has been home to the Alutiiq for at least 7,000 years.BOOK, Tracy L. Sweely, Manifesting Power: Gender and the Interpretation of Power in Archaeology,weblink 1999, Psychology Press, 978-0-415-19744-1, 134, BOOK, Ben Fitzhugh, The Evolution of Complex Hunter-Gatherers: Archaeological Evidence from the North Pacific,weblink July 31, 2003, Springer Science & Business Media, 978-0-306-47853-6, 149, The Alutiiq Ethnography Bibliography – Rachel Mason In their language, qikertaq means "island".

Russian control: 1700s–1867

File:Russian Sloop-of-War Neva.jpg|thumb|right|The Russian sloop of war Neva visits Kodiak, Alaska in 1805]]The first Europeans to sight Kodiak Island were the explorers Vitus Bering and Aleksei Chirikov, during the 1741 Second Kamchatka Expedition.JOURNAL, Russian Maritime Catastrophes during the Colonization of Alaska, 1741–1867, Grinëv, Andrei V., Bland, Richard L., Fall 2011, The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, University of Washington, 102, 4, 178–194, 24624633,weblink December 1, 2020, BOOK, Black, Lydia, Russians in Alaska, 1732-1867,weblink December 27, 2020, 2004, University of Alaska Press, 978-1-889963-04-4, 41, In the early 1750s the Russian fur trading merchant and explorer Stepan Glotov met a Kodiak Islander in the Aleutian Islands, who told him about the island. On his next voyage Glotov sailed to Kodiak Island, arriving in 1763.JOURNAL, Warriors of Kodiak: Military Traditions of Kodiak Islanders, Black, Lydia T., 2004, Arctic Anthropology, University of Wisconsin Press, 41, 2, 140–152, 10.1353/arc.2011.0057, 40316624, 162558244,weblink December 26, 2020, The Russians called the island Kad’yak (), after the Alutiiq word qikertaq.BOOK, Bright, William, William Bright, Native American Placenames of the United States,weblink December 27, 2020, 2004, University of Oklahoma Press, 978-0-8061-3598-4, 231, Several other Russians made fur hunting voyages to Kodiak Island in the 1770s.BOOK, Grinëv, Andrei Val’terovich, Russian Colonization of Alaska: Preconditions, Discovery, and Initial Development, 1741-1799,weblink December 2, 2020, 2018, University of Nebraska Press, 978-1-4962-1085-2, 231–232, In 1778 the British captain James Cook explored the area and wrote of "Kodiak" in his journals.BOOK, Beaglehole, J.C., The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery: Volume III Part 1: The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780,weblink December 27, 2020, 2017, Taylor & Francis, 978-1-351-54321-7, 1025, In 1779 the Spanish explorers Arteaga y Bazán and Bodega y Quadra reached Afognak in the Kodiak Archipelago.WEB,weblink Spanish Exploration: Arteaga and Bodega y Quadra's 1779 Expedition, Sanchez, Antonio, HistoryLink.org, December 27, 2020, In 1792, the Russian Shelikhov-Golikov Company chief manager Alexander Baranov moved the post at Three Saints Bay (established in 1784) to a new site in Paul's Harbor (, Svyato-Pavlovskoy Gavani). This developed as the nucleus of modern Kodiak.Khlebnikov, K.T., 1973, Baranov, Chief Manager of the Russian Colonies in America, Kingston: The Limestone Press, {{ISBN|0919642500}}{{rp|7}} Baranov considered Three Saints Bay a poor location because it was too indefensible. The relocated settlement was first named Pavlovskaya Gavan ( – Paul's Harbor).BOOK, Haycox, Stephen W., Alaska: An American Colony, 2002, University of Washington Press, 978-0-295-98249-6,weblink 82, GNIS, 1404875, Kodiak, A warehouse was built in what became one of the key posts of the Shelikhov-Golikov Company, a precursor of the Russian-American Company and a center for harvesting the area's vast population of sea otters for their prized pelts. The warehouse still stands as the Baranov Museum. Because the First Native cultures revered this animal and would never harm it, the Russians had wars with and enslaved the Aleuts during this era.File:Russian Church, Kodiak, Alaska, June 22, 1908 (COBB 259).jpeg|thumb|left|"Russian Church" photo by John Nathan CobbJohn Nathan CobbEastern Orthodox missionaries settled on the island by the end of the 18th century, continuing European settlement of the island. They held the liturgy in native Tlingit from 1800.The capital of Russian America was moved to Novoarkhangelsk (modern-day Sitka) in 1804. The Russian-American Company was established in 1799 as a joint-stock company by decree of Emperor Paul to continue the harvest of sea otter and other fur-bearing animals and establish permanent settlements. By the mid-19th century, the sea otter was almost extinct and 85% of the First Native population had disappeared from exposure to European diseases and violence.

American control: 1867–present

When Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, Kodiak developed as a center for commercial fishing, and canneries dotted the island in the early 20th century until global farm-raised salmon eliminated these businesses. New processing centers emerged and the industry continues to evolve. During the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt, animals such as the mountain goat, Sitka deer (black tail), rabbits, muskrats, beavers, squirrels, and others were introduced to the island and the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge was created.Kodiak was severely impacted by the 1912 eruption of Novarupta.WEB, The Great Eruption of 1912 (U.S. National Park Service),weblink www.nps.gov, en, Though situated {{convert|160|mi|km}} southeast of the eruption center, the town was covered with {{convert|1|foot|cm}} of ash over a short period of time. Townspeople sheltered in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Manning which was docked nearby.BOOK, Grohman, Adam M., Sentinels and Saviors - Special Edition, October 12, 2015, Lulu.com, 978-1-329-63323-0, 88–92,weblink en, As Kodiak was incorporated in 1941, the U.S. feared attack from Japanese during World War II, and turned the town into a fortress. Roads, the airport, Fort Abercrombie, and gun fortifications improved the island's infrastructure. When Alaska became a state in 1959, government assistance in housing, transportation, and education added additional benefits.BOOK, Rosenberg, Bernard, Kodiak Fishing at any Angle, Bernard Rosenberg, 2006, 32–40, 978-0-9777414-0-3, (File:Kodiak, Alaska 1965.jpg|thumb|right|Street of Kodiak in 1965)In March 1964, a tectonic tsunami struck the city during the 1964 Alaska earthquake with {{convert|30|ft|m|adj=on}} waves that killed 15 people and caused $11 million in damage. Some areas near Kodiak were permanently raised by {{convert|30|ft|m}}. It wiped out the neighboring Native villages of Old Harbor and Kaguyak. The Standard Oil Company, the Alaskan King Crab Company, and much of the fishing fleet were also destroyed.weblink{{Dead link|date=August 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} lFile:Kodiak, Alaska 1900s.jpg|Kodiak, sometime shortly after 1900File:Kodiak panorama, Alaska, June 22, 1908 (COBB 258).jpeg|Panorama of Kodiak, 1908File:Alaska Commercial Co's store, Kodiak, Alaska, June 22, 1908 (COBB 103).jpeg|Alaska Commercial Company buildings in Kodiak, June 1908File:Superintendent's residence, Alaska Commercial Co, Kodiak, Alaska, June 22, 1908 (COBB 260).jpeg|Alaska Commercial Company Superintendent's residence, 1908File:Warehouse and wharf, Kodiak, Alaska, June 22, 1908 (COBB 257).jpeg|Warehouse and wharf in Kodiak, June 1908File:Kodiak Harbor after the storm, Alaska 2009 disk 2 129 (2).jpg|Kodiak Harbor, July 2009

Geography

Kodiak is located on the eastern shore of Kodiak Island. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|12.6|km2|1|order=flip}}, divided into {{convert|9.0|km2|1|abbr=on|order=flip}} of land and {{convert|3.6|km2|1|abbr=on|order=flip}} (28.66%) of water.

Climate

Kodiak has a subpolar oceanic climate (Cfc) with cold winters and mild summers. Precipitation is heavy year-round, though markedly less in the summer months, when the Aleutian Low is at its weakest.{{Weather box|width = autoKodiak Airport, Alaska (1991–2020 normals,{{efn>Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.}} extremes 1913–present{{efn|Records for Kodiak have been kept at the Kodiak Airport since January 1931 and at an undisclosed location from September 1913 to December 1930. For more information, see ThreadEx}})|single line = Y|Jan record high F = 54|Feb record high F = 60|Mar record high F = 57|Apr record high F = 70|May record high F = 80|Jun record high F = 86|Jul record high F = 83|Aug record high F = 86|Sep record high F = 80|Oct record high F = 74|Nov record high F = 60|Dec record high F = 65|Jan avg record high F = 43.5|Feb avg record high F = 43.9|Mar avg record high F = 46.3|Apr avg record high F = 53.8|May avg record high F = 64.9|Jun avg record high F = 71.1|Jul avg record high F = 74.0|Aug avg record high F = 73.5|Sep avg record high F = 65.4|Oct avg record high F = 56.0|Nov avg record high F = 48.4|Dec avg record high F = 44.5|year avg record high F = 76.9|Jan high F = 36.1|Feb high F = 37.5|Mar high F = 38.8|Apr high F = 44.7|May high F = 51.7|Jun high F = 57.0|Jul high F = 61.8|Aug high F = 62.8|Sep high F = 57.1|Oct high F = 48.3|Nov high F = 41.2|Dec high F = 37.3|year high F = 47.9|Jan mean F = 31.2|Feb mean F = 32.4|Mar mean F = 33.2|Apr mean F = 39.1|May mean F = 45.8|Jun mean F = 51.4|Jul mean F = 56.2|Aug mean F = 56.5|Sep mean F = 50.6|Oct mean F = 42.2|Nov mean F = 35.7|Dec mean F = 31.9|year mean F = 42.2|Jan low F = 26.2|Feb low F = 27.2|Mar low F = 27.6|Apr low F = 33.6|May low F = 39.9|Jun low F = 45.7|Jul low F = 50.5|Aug low F = 50.3|Sep low F = 44.2|Oct low F = 36.0|Nov low F = 30.2|Dec low F = 26.5|year low F = 36.5|Jan avg record low F = 8.2|Feb avg record low F = 10.4|Mar avg record low F = 13.1|Apr avg record low F = 22.3|May avg record low F = 31.0|Jun avg record low F = 37.1|Jul avg record low F = 43.1|Aug avg record low F = 41.1|Sep avg record low F = 32.1|Oct avg record low F = 23.9|Nov avg record low F = 16.7|Dec avg record low F = 9.1|year avg record low F = 3.0|Jan record low F = −16|Feb record low F = −12|Mar record low F = −6|Apr record low F = 7|May record low F = 18|Jun record low F = 30|Jul record low F = 35|Aug record low F = 34|Sep record low F = 26|Oct record low F = 7|Nov record low F = 0|Dec record low F = −9|precipitation colour = green|Jan precipitation inch = 8.35|Feb precipitation inch = 6.31|Mar precipitation inch = 4.82|Apr precipitation inch = 6.14|May precipitation inch = 5.85|Jun precipitation inch = 5.17|Jul precipitation inch = 4.51|Aug precipitation inch = 4.90|Sep precipitation inch = 7.55|Oct precipitation inch = 8.85|Nov precipitation inch = 7.06|Dec precipitation inch = 8.81|year precipitation inch = 78.32|Jan snow inch = 14.5|Feb snow inch = 14.4|Mar snow inch = 12.3|Apr snow inch = 6.2|May snow inch = 0.5|Jun snow inch = 0.0|Jul snow inch = 0.0|Aug snow inch = 0.0|Sep snow inch = 0.0|Oct snow inch = 0.7|Nov snow inch = 6.1|Dec snow inch = 15.6|year snow inch = 70.3|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in|Jan precipitation days = 18.8|Feb precipitation days = 17.3|Mar precipitation days = 15.9|Apr precipitation days = 18.0|May precipitation days = 16.5|Jun precipitation days = 16.1|Jul precipitation days = 14.6 |Aug precipitation days = 14.8|Sep precipitation days = 17.0|Oct precipitation days = 18.4|Nov precipitation days = 17.0|Dec precipitation days = 19.7|year precipitation days = 204.1|unit snow days = 0.1 in|Jan snow days = 8.9|Feb snow days = 7.6|Mar snow days = 9.2|Apr snow days = 4.0|May snow days = 0.5|Jun snow days = 0.0|Jul snow days = 0.0|Aug snow days = 0.0|Sep snow days = 0.0|Oct snow days = 1.1|Nov snow days = 5.1|Dec snow days = 9.1|year snow days = 45.5|Jan humidity = 78.0|Feb humidity = 76.6|Mar humidity = 73.4|Apr humidity = 72.4|May humidity = 76.2|Jun humidity = 80.4|Jul humidity = 82.4|Aug humidity = 81.7|Sep humidity = 80.6|Oct humidity = 74.9|Nov humidity = 75.0|Dec humidity = 75.7|year humidity = 77.1|Jan dew point C = −4.1|Feb dew point C = −4.6|Mar dew point C = -4.0|Apr dew point C = −2.1|May dew point C = 2.1|Jun dew point C = 6.2|Jul dew point C = 9.1|Aug dew point C = 9.2|Sep dew point C = 6.5|Oct dew point C = 0.2|Nov dew point C = −2.8|Dec dew point C = −4.3|source 1 = NOAA (relative humidity and dew point 1961–1990)WEB,weblink National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access, September 12, 2022,weblink June 17, 2023, WEB,weblink xmACIS2, NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Input 'ADQthr' as ID in 'Station selection'., August 30, 2020, WEB,weblink WMO Climate Normals for KODIAK/U S C G BASE AK 1961–1990, August 30, 2020, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20230617133230weblink">weblink June 17, 2023, WEB,weblink National Weather Service, NOAA Online Weather Data, September 12, 2022, }}{{Graph:Weather monthly history| table=Ncei.noaa.gov/weather/Kodiak.tab| title=Kodiak monthly weather statistics}}

Notes

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Demographics

{{US Census population|1880= 288|1890= 495|1900= 341|1910= 438|1920= 374|1930= 442|1940= 864|1950= 1710|1960= 2628|1970= 3798|1980= 4756|1990= 6365|2000= 6334|2010= 6130|2020= 5581Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850–1990. Lanham, Maryland>Lanham: Scarecrow, 1996, 4.HTTPS://WWW.CENSUS.GOV>TITLE = U.S. CENSUS WEBSITECOMMA-SEPARATED VALUES>CSVUNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU>DATE = MARCH 18, 2009, July 7, 2011, }}Kodiak first appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census as the village of Saint Paul (not to be confused with the city of St. Paul located in the Aleutian Islands). It reported a population of 288, of which 253 were Alaskan Creoles (a mixture of Russian and Native Alaskans), 20 Whites and 15 Aleuts. In 1890, it would report as "Kadiak" (the then-spelling). In 1900, it returned as "Kadiak Settlement." From 1910 onwards, it reported as Kodiak, and would formally incorporate in 1940.As of the census of 2000, there were 6,334 people, 1,996 households, and 1,361 families residing in the city. The population density was 706.8/km2 (1,832.7/mi2). There were 2,255 housing units at an average density of 251.6 persons/km2 (652.5 persons/mi2). The racial makeup of the city was 46.4% White, 0.7% African American, 10.5% Native American, 31.7% Asian, 0.9% Pacific Islander, 4.4% from other races, and 5.4% from two or more races. 8.5% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. At the 2020 Census, the population had declined to 5,581.There were 1,996 households, out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 31.8% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.10 and the average family size was 3.64.In the city, the population was spread out, with 29.1% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 32.2% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 6.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 114.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.6 males.The median income for a household in the city was $55,142, and the median income for a family was $60,484. Males had a median income of $37,074 versus $30,049 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,522. 7.4% of the population and 3.7% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 8.4% were under the age of 18 and 0.0% were 65 or older.Kodiak is also home for a sizable community of Russian Orthodox Old Believers.

Economy

Among the companies based in Kodiak is Koniag, Incorporated.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Kodiak is an important environmental asset, which affects the fishing industry, particularly salmon fishing. Its wild game is coveted by hunters worldwide for the Kodiak bear and other game animals; there are strict laws governing fishing and hunting activities as well as hiking near spawning streams. Both the Department and the city maintain websites and publish brochures in order to help communicate these strictly enforced laws. All of the city's hotels and businesses have these materials in prominent areas for guests, and licenses can be purchased in the city's main sporting goods store and online.

Military installations

The United States Navy operates a small training base near the city called Naval Special Warfare Cold Weather Detachment Kodiak which trains United States Navy SEALs in cold weather survival and advanced tactics.WEB, Huisman, Jan, November 28, 2008,weblink Navy SEALs Find Ideal Training Grounds In Kodiak, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, November 30, 2008, {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}WEB, United States Navy, Naval Special Warfare Public Affairs, March 21, 2007,weblink Cold Warfare: Future SEALs Get a Firsthand Lesson in Northern Exposure, U.S. Navy press release, GlobalSecurity.org, November 30, 2008, The United States Coast Guard has a major presence in Kodiak, Alaska.

• USCG SUPRTCN Kodiak - U.S. Coast Guard Support Center Kodiak
• USCG Air Station Kodiak
• {{USCGC|Alex Haley|WMEC-39|6}}
• USCGC Cypress
• {{USCGC|Spar|WLB-206|6}} (Formerly)
• {{USCGC|Douglas Munro|WHEC-724|6}} (Formerly)
• Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak
• Communication Detachment Kodiak
• North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center (NPRFTC)
• Marine Safety Detachment Kodiak
• Naval Engineering Support Unit (NESU) Detachment Kodiak
• Electronic Systems Support Detachment Kodiak (ESD)

Community events

(File:Kodiak, Alaska Orpheum movie theater.jpg|thumb|right|Customers line up in front of the Orpheum Theater)The city of Kodiak is home to a number of annual events that draw locals and people from off-island. The most well-known of these is Kodiak Crab Festival. Organized by the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, the event takes place over Memorial Day weekend. It includes a county fair-style main event, with carnival rides, food and game booths, and group activities. In addition, a number of events are organized over the three-day weekend that include a kayak race, a marathon, an ultra-marathon, a {{convert|9.2|mi|km|adj=on}} mountain run called the Pillar Mountain Run and others.The official Pardoning of the Crab was added to The Kodiak Crab Fest in 2019. A crab is given a crab themed name, and then saved from the crab pot by a special guest, and then goes to live at the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center Aquarium.2019: Sheldon, pardoned by US Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK).WEB, Mirror, Isaac Stone Simonelli / Kodiak Daily, Pardoning of the crab,weblink March 15, 2022, Kodiak Daily Mirror, May 28, 2019, en, 2020: Unknown. 2021: Lenny Crabitz, pardoned by Kodiak City Manager Mike Tvenge.WEB, Crab Fest revival,weblink March 15, 2022, Kodiak Daily Mirror, May 28, 2021, en,

Education

The Kodiak Island Borough School District operates four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school (Kodiak High School) serving the town of Kodiak and the immediate area surrounding the city of Kodiak. A further 6 schools serve rural sites in the district and are operated as k-12 schools."Our Schools {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215212011weblink |date=February 15, 2017 }}." Kodiak Island Borough School District. Retrieved on February 15, 2017.The city is home to Kodiak College, a satellite campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage. Within the public school district, there are eight rural schools.Kodiak is also home to Saint Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary, a theological school founded in 1972 under the auspices of the Orthodox Church in America. Students from villages all over southern and southwestern Alaska study at St. Herman's in order to become readers or clergy in the Orthodox Church.

Media

• KMXT (100.1 FM) the community public radio station
• KODK (90.7 FM) public radio station
• KVOK-FM (101.1 FM) commercial radio station
• KVOK (560 AM and 98.7 FM) country radio station and home of Kodiak Bears athletics
• Kodiak Daily Mirror (Monday through Friday newspaper)

Transportation

File:Tustumena, Alaska Marine Highway.jpg|thumb|The ferryboat MV Tustumena is part of the Alaska Marine Highway. She can carry 210 passengers and serves Kodiak, Homer, Whittier, and the Aleutian Islands as far west as Dutch Harbor.]]File:Floatplane Kodiak archipelago.JPG|thumb|left|A floatplane dropping off guests at a remote wilderness lodge on Raspberry Island, part of the Kodiak ArchipelagoKodiak ArchipelagoKodiak Airport attracts both local and regional airlines, air taxis, and charter floatplanes and helicopters which provide transportation to residents and tourists traveling on and off the island. The Alaska Marine Highway provides further transportation via two ferries, MV Tustumena and MV Kennicott. These ships can carry 211 and 748 passengers, respectively, and serve routes between Kodiak, Homer, and Whittier, although the ferry system no longer takes passengers to Seward. Floatplane and bush plane companies regularly take tourists to remote areas and wilderness lodges both on the various islands of the Kodiak Archipelago and the Katmai coast for bear viewing, hunting, and hikes. The city business community also has a fleet of privately owned taxis as well as kayaks, mountain bikes, and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) for rent.{{clear}}

Health care

Kodiak has robust primary care, led by Kodiak Area Native Association, a Tribal Health Organization with HRSA support that sees Native and Non-Native persons around the island, and Kodiak Community Health Center with smaller primary care practices in Kodiak. Specialty medical services are intermittently available at Kodiak Area Native Association and at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center. Hospital and emergency care are provided at Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center, the only hospital on Kodiak Island. Individuals located in the smaller surrounding communities are cared for in small village clinics and, when critically ill, may be airlifted into Kodiak via helicopter or air ambulance due to remoteness and lack of roads.

Energy

Most electrical energy for the city is provided from the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Generating Station owned by the Kodiak Electrical Association. Substantial amounts of energy are also provided by wind turbines and by diesel generators. There are six wind turbines that supply up to 1.5 MW each and have a blade length of 38.5 meters and overall height of 118.5 meters.

In popular culture

In 2012, rapper Pitbull was involved in an advertising campaign with Walmart, in which the Walmart store that received the most Facebook "likes" from June 18 to July 15, 2012, would have Pitbull visit and put on a show there. An orchestrated internet campaign urged people to vote for the most remote location imaginable, Kodiak, resulting in a sizable lead for that store.JOURNAL, O'Leary, Joseph, Contest may send rapper Pitbull to Alaska Walmart, Reuters, July 5, 2012,weblink July 7, 2012, The enthusiasm for voting for Kodiak was also a reference to the lyrics of Pitbull's song "Give Me Everything", in which he rhymes "Kodak" with "Kodak". Walmart confirmed that Kodiak won.JOURNAL, Walmart: Rap star Pitbull to appear in Kodiak, Anchorage Daily News, July 21, 2012,weblink July 22, 2012, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120727065644weblink">weblink July 27, 2012, Pitbull visited on July 30, where he received a Key to the City from mayor Branson and then made an appearance before a crowd of hundreds at the Coast Guard base.JOURNAL, Pitbull performs in Kodiak, New York Daily News, July 31, 2012,weblink August 4, 2012, The Weather Channel docu-series Coast Guard Alaska follows the lives of Coast Guard members stationed in Kodiak.WEB,weblink The Weather Channel Greenlights New Series "Coast Guard Alaska", The Futon Critic, March 18, 2015, Czech carmaker Škoda Auto named their new SUV the Škoda Kodiaq, after the Alaskan brown bear, and in tribute Kodiak was renamed Kodiaq for one day (May 6, 2016).WEB,weblink Alaskans Are So Happy About The Škoda Kodiaq That They Renamed Their City For It, May 9, 2016, JALOPNIK, May 10, 2016, In a spelling change also intended to honor the indigenous Alutiiq, the city was renamed with a number of signs changed across town, including the port facilities and city limits. The letter Q is a common ending for nouns in the Alutiiq language.WEB,weblink Let's All study Alutiiq!, Alutiiq Museum, May 10, 2016, The film The Guardian (2006) is partially set in Kodiak, but was not filmed there.{{Citation |title=The Guardian (2006) ⭐ 6.9 {{!}} Action, Adventure, Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406816/ |access-date=November 5, 2023 |language=en-US}}

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