Photos: Kotzebue anticipates Obama's visit

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Kindergartners from June Nelson Elementary School in Kotzebue get a tour of a presidential limousine outside their school on Tuesday, September 1, 2015. President Obama will speak at the high school in Kotzebue on Wednesday.

The town of Kotzebue is readying itself for a big visit, with President Barack Obama set to touch down there on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. A sign reading "Pa?lagiptigiñ President Obama," which means "We welcome you, President Obama," hangs outside the high school and press conferences have been held in preparation for the first sitting president in the American Arctic.

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