Translated from 'Nordmændene i Amerika' by Martin Ulvestad. 1907. Alaska It is a little too early to write about Norwegians in Alaska - when it still stands on the first rung of development and before there can be any talk of settlement. It is essentially just gold seekers* and businessmen who have come here to date. In this connection it can be reported that the Norwegian Jaset Lindeberg**, Magnus Kjelsberg (and his brother) as well as V. Basi and O. Paulsen were among those who discovered the rich goldfields in the Nome district (in 1900) and that induced many people to stream there. Even now Nome is a big city - with mines and traffic in all directions. We find Norwegians in Nome as well as Dawson, Juneau, Wrangel, Sitka, Kodisky, Petersburg and othetr towns and areas see, *Sammenstilling af norsk Sambygdinger' in the book's last part. Alaska is also represented in section 'Norwegians in public positions in America' The City of Petersburg was named after the Norwegian Peter Busmand*** who made himself renowned up there but which finally was tragic. And there is another place (post office) with the name Andvik. Since 1894 The Norwegian Synod has maintained a mission station among the Eskimos in Alaska. The station is located at Port Clarence and has almost the whole time been managed by Pastor T. L. Brevig. Mining, hunting and fishing are the leading sources of income in this territory. But they have also begun farming and logging. *Only a small number of the gold seekers found what they aspired to. But many became so poor that they could not afford to go back and many lost their lives as a consequence of the unendurable hardships. Blizzards, cold, hunger, overexertion etc forced many a brave man to close his eyes up there in the wilderness - far away from the people who could give them a helping hand. **Judging by his name Lindeberg would more likely be Swedish but he is not. He was born in Norwegian Finnmarken. ***Peter Buschmann. OK