According to this hypothesis, in 1648 several koches of Semyon Dezhnyov's expedition came ashore in Alaska by storm and founded this settlement.
ɐkˈoːɹdɪŋ tə ðɪs haɪpˈɑːθəsˌɪs, ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi ˈeɪt sˈɛvɹəl kˈɑːtʃᵻz ʌv sˈɛmɪən dˈɛʒnɪˌɑːvz ˌɛkspədˈɪʃən kˈeɪm ɐʃˈoːɹ ɪn ɐlˈæskə baɪ stˈoːɹm ænd fˈaʊndᵻd ðɪs sˈɛɾəlmənt.