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After getting 30 minutes of daylight, the town of Utqiaġvik, Alaska – formerly known as Barrow – saw its final sunset of the year on Monday as it enters a "polar night." The sun won't return ...
Whale bones form a monument to lost sailors in Utqiagvik, Alaska, overlooking the Arctic Ocean. (AP Photo/Laura Rauch) At 2:16 a.m., the sun finally dipped below the horizon, marking the first ...
Utqiagvik is the headquarters of the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, one of the Alaska Native corporations set up following the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971 to manage revenues and invest in development for their people in the region.
Local business owners told Insider what it's like to work in America's northernmost town in Alaska — from $98 laundry detergent to hunting whales.
Point Barrow or Nuvuk is a headland on the Arctic coast in the U.S. state of Alaska, 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow). It is the northernmost point of all the territory of the United States, at , 1,122 nautical miles (1,291 mi; 2,078 km) south of the North
Also in Fairbanks, Alaska, solar midnight occurs at 01:51 a.m. local time. If a precise moment for the genuine "midnight sun" is required, the observer's longitude, the local civil time, and the equation of time must be taken into account. The moment of the Sun's closest approach to the horizon coincides with its passing due north at the ...
Last sunset of the year in Utqiagvik today...the sun won't rise again until January 23rd of next year. That's 65 days from now! — NWS Fairbanks (@NWSFairbanks) November 18, 2022
The Birnirk site (Iñupiaq: Piġniq) is an archaeological site near Utqiagvik, Alaska. It includes sixteen prehistoric mounds which have yielded evidence of very early Birnirk and Thule culture . It is the type site of the Birnirk culture, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962 for its archaeological importance in understanding ...