One side of the 2-kilometer-long settlement is bordered by Kotzebue Sound, an offshoot of the Chukchi Sea, and the other by a lagoon.

Source: https://www.wired.com/story/the-mystery-of-fish-deaths-in-a-foul-chartreuse-sea/

The Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub is comprised of local Iñupiaq observers from Kotzebue to Kaktovik who work with University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers to document how the Arctic is changing.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/12/18/a-network-of-arctic-observers-is-centering-indigenous-knowledge-in-climate-research/

The U.S. Government built an Air Force Station in Kotzebue at the beginning of the Cold War.

Source: https://alaskapublic.org/2023/02/24/kotzebue-residents-want-a-say-if-arctic-traffic-brings-the-military-back-to-town/