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The city of Utqiagvik has three sections, which can be classified as south, central, and north. They are known to residents as Utqiagvik, Browerville, and NARL, respectively. The southernmost section, known historically as the "Barrow side", is the oldest and second-largest of the three; it serves as downtown.
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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 71°23′20″N 156°28′45″W / 71.38889°N 156.47917°W / 71.38889; -156.47917 ( Point Barrow ) , 1,122 ...
Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway (8/26) measuring 7,100 ft × 150 ft (2,164 m × 46 m). [1]For the 12-month period ending 11 January 2011, the airport had 12,010 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 50% air taxi, 37% general aviation, 12% scheduled commercial and fewer than 1% military.
A helicopter that crashed on Alaska’s remote and vast North Slope in July, killing three state scientists and the pilot, stopped sending flight-status data to a real-time tracking system as it ...
The Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope is headquartered in Utqiagvik, Alaska. [3] In 2023, the Biden administration advanced a $8 billion ConocoPhillips project to drill for oil and gas on Alaska's North Slope. Native reactions to the project have varied, but the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, as a representative of the North Slope ...
Auxiliary health care is provided by oil company medical staff and the Greater Prudhoe Bay Fire Dept. Individuals requiring hospital care are usually transported to the nearest hospital/medical center, Samuel Simmonds Memorial Hospital, in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Because no roads connect Deadhorse to Utqiagvik, individuals are transported by plane ...
"I didn't even want to look because it moved so fast. I just wanted my husband to drive, drive, drive," said Miller. "You're trying to flee a fire but you couldn’t drive on the road." Read more ...