America's northernmost town is Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska. Located within the Arctic Circle, this town is known for ...

Meteorologists and astronomers call the lengthy bright stretch there “polar day.” It’s the opposite of “polar night,” or the ...

During the summer, several destinations, from Norway to Alaska, experience the Midnight Sun, a phenomenon where the sun ...

Associated Press No roads lead to Barrow, Alaska. To reach America’s northernmost ... shrank by nearly 40 percent between 1978 and 2007. Winter temperatures have been several degrees Fahrenheit ...

For more than two decades, he’s been traveling to Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, the northernmost ... These small, mouselike rodents stay active all winter long, eating moss when there ...

In the fall and winter, when plants decay ... speak," the 56-year-old Brower says as we drive around his home in Barrow, Alaska—the United States' northernmost city—on a late August day.

The Kulluk was grounded after efforts by U.S. Coast Guard and tug crews to tow the vessel to a safe harbor after it was beset by winter storm weather during a tow from Dutch Harbor, Alaska ...

set in the isolated town of Barrow, Alaska, in the extreme northern hemisphere, which is plunged into complete darkness annually for an entire month. When most of the inhabitants head south for the ...

The northernmost point in the United States sits just north of the community of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow) and 350 miles above ... pan for gold in the local creek! Naturally, Alaska offers an ...