It has been strangely warm in Barrow. The National Weather Service reported the average minimum was only 31.9 degrees F in September. The average is 3.4 degrees colder.

BARROW, Alaska — It is the season of the midnight sun and still it’s snowing. The Arctic Ocean looms up against the shore in chunks of jagged ice, the thermometer has barely reached 26 degrees ...

Whale meat is an acquired taste. Whale meat is an acquired taste. As is maktak, flipper, unaliq . . . all those flavors that took me so long to appreciate and which I now crave at the most ...

BARROW, Alaska, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A dispute has erupted between Barrow, Alaska, residents and members of the Inupiat Eskimos over a summer harvest of Beluga whales. Belugas haven’t been seen in ...

When Sarah Palin chanted "Drill baby drill!" during the vice-presidential debate, the Governor of Alaska was calling on Americans to explore the vast reserves of oil and gas that lie under the Chukchi ...

An unsuspecting whale-hunting crew in Barrow, Alaska, discovered a "whale bomb" fragment in a 50-foot bowhead killed this spring. A Massachusetts whaling museum says the projectile dated to 1879.

BARROW, Alaska - Minutes after the hunters' harpoon pierced the flesh of a bowhead whale, the call went out. By cellphone and radio, native Alaskans were beckoned to the beach. Dozens worked ...

SEATTLE — Hardly anyone is unaware of the plight of the three gray whales that were stranded under the ice near Barrow, Alaska, in 1988 — especially since the release of a new movie, “Big ...

Mary Sage/The Associated PressA polar bear watches a whaling crew off Point Barrow, Alaska, which celebrates 50 years of statehood this week. Bunna Edwardson loaded the last of his passengers into ...

BARROW, Alaska — The ancient whale hunt here is not so ancient anymore. “Ah, the traditional loader,” one man mumbled irreverently. “Ah, the traditional forklift. ”That morning, the first of ...