Norton Sound Health Corporation provides quality health services and promotes wellness among our people and within our environment. Norton Sound Regional Hospital is the center of NSHC’s hospital services, including inpatient and emergency treatment, preventive care, and laboratory services. A new hospital building, completed in 2012, includes expanded facilities for the entire spectrum of NSHC services.
NSHC’s highly trained and qualified staff provides seamless, high-quality medical care for all people within the Bering Strait region.
On the edge of the Bering Sea on the southwest side of the Seward Peninsula, Nome is a vital hub for Northwest Alaska. The Three Lucky Swedes discovered placer gold in Anvil Creek in 1898…the rush was on! In 1899 the population of Nome swelled from a handful to 28,000. Today our population is 3,500 and there's still some gold mining happening.
Nome’s colorful Gold Rush history is set within the framework of 10,000 years of Inupiaq Eskimo history. A history of survival living a subsistence lifestyle that many live to this day underscores the vibrancy of the Eskimo culture. The culture that today manifests itself in the world’s finest ivory carving, vibrant drum/vocal music, and some of the best Eskimo dancing in Alaska. The Inupiaq values of yesterday live in the people today.
Our region has 350 miles of roads that are open from mid-May until the end of October (when the snows begin to fly). Birding in Nome is excellent during the summer months with the greatest number (200 migratory species) from May 15th – June 15th and again in the fall as the cranes and swans exit. Villages on the Seward Peninsula are all accessible by local airlines and Teller accessible by our road system out of Nome. The roads also allow the traveler to get out into the spectacular tundra which beginning in June blooms with wonderful wildflowers and ends with magnificent fall colors in September and October.