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FS2004 Scenery--Alaska North Slope 9; Point Hope PAPO. The town of Barrow is in the far north of Alaska, and these are coastal villages or radar installations to the west, south, and east of Barrow on the North Slope. There will be further additions. Point Hope is a village on a spit of land that is one of the oldest and continuously inhabited places in all of North America, not just the polar regions. The "Point" is what brought this about, migrating whales passing close to land as they rounded the point, and the traditional way of life continues to this day. The population is now around 670. The airport surpassed all expectations of FS9.Go look at the area in FS2004 before you install this. The first thing you will notice is that FS2004 does not list Point Hope PAPO. Then, the town is there (way too big and in totally the wrong place) and the airport background is there (wrong place) but there is no airport! Some buildings, but no runway, no apron, nothing that can be used by a plane. In this scenery the town is 3 miles east of the point, the runway is situated between town and point and, unusually in the north, is asphalt. This is presumably possible because of the gravel make-up of the point itself, with very little vegetable content and the warming sea restricting permafrost movements. 4,000 feet of 75 feet wide asphalt, lit, PAPI at both ends, and aligned 01-19.The building that appears to be wrongly situated away from the apron is like that intentionally; it is a helicopter hangar (not used in winter?) and they presumably did not want the apron traffic to get in their way. The AI has daily flights by ERA, plus Northern Air Cargo, and some GA. The video gives a good impression of the flat desolation on the spit. By Roger Wensley.