In October, the people of the Alaskan town formerly known as Barrow, on the edge of the Arctic Ocean, voted to restore its indigenous name, Utqiagvik. Zachariah Hughes of Alaska Public Media ...

Alaska's only highway to the Arctic ... gesturing to the tundra to the south and the ocean to the north, which together make Barrow one of the flattest spots on Earth. "The flatness, the open ...

Above: An aerial image of Barrow (Utqiagvik), Alaska. Barrow is located at a latitude ... at this frigid outpost on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Nevertheless, this month (April 2017) is on ...

Still, overall temperatures in Barrow and elsewhere on Alaska’s North Slope continue to rise despite the current phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Wendler said. Arctic Ocean conditions ...

Above: The sun sets over sea ice on the Chukchi Sea near Barrow, Alaska. This archival photo was taken in spring during the OASIS (Ocean_Atmosphere_Sea Ice_Snowpack) field project. Image credit ...

As Royal Dutch Shell’s massive drill rig, the Polar Pioneer, chugs its way up the Alaskan coast, the 4,700 residents of Barrow, Alaska ... summer in the Arctic Ocean has cast a shadow over ...

The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness. Think of it this way: By the time the sun rises again, a new president will occupy the White ...

Associated Press No roads lead to Barrow, Alaska. To reach America’s northernmost ... It was August, and the ocean looked as black as anthracite. The city’s small wooden homes were built ...

the northernmost point of the U.S. A whalebone arch near the Arctic Ocean beachfront. Richard Pak pilots an old green Land Rover along the gravel roads of Barrow, Alaska, as he does most every day.

Sports Illustrated's excellent Underdogs series, a run of mini-documentaries on high school football teams, travels to Barrow, Alaska ... is so close to the Arctic Ocean that the team actually ...