<P> The current mayor of North Pole is Bryce Ward, whose current term ends in 2018 . The city council consists of six members serving staggered three - year terms, with municipal elections held each October . In 2017, the city council consists of Thomas McGhee (10 / 2014 - 10 / 2017), Kevin McCarthy (10 / 2014 - 10 / 2017), Santa Claus (10 / 2015 - 10 / 2018), David Skipps (10 / 2016 - 2018) and Doug Isaacson (10 / 2016 - 10 / 2019). </P> <P> In 2014, Americans for Prosperity quickly pulled an ad campaign in Alaska, after Koch Industries closed the Flint Hills Resources Refinery in North Pole . </P> <P> North Pole is located at 64 ° 45 ′ 04" N 147 ° 21 ′ 07" W ﻿ / ﻿ 64.75111 ° N 147.35194 ° W ﻿ / 64.75111; - 147.35194 (64.751048, - 147.351969). It is situated 13 miles (21 km) to the southeast of Fairbanks on the Richardson Highway . The city is about 1,700 mi (2,700 km) south of Earth's geographic North Pole . </P> <P> According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.2 square miles (11 km), of which, 4.2 square miles (11 km) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km) of it (0.47%) is water . The city is located to the north and east of the Tanana River, though access to the river is not easily made due to the extensive system of levees . Beaver Springs Slough meanders through the heart of the city, emptying into Chena Slough . </P>

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