Utqiagvik is the transportation hub for the North Slope Borough's Arctic coastal villages. Multiple jet aircraft, with service from Deadhorse (Prudhoe Bay), Fairbanks, and Anchorage provide …

Dec 24, 2025 · Utqiagvik is the economic, transportation and administrative center for the North Slope Borough. Located on the Chukchi Sea coast, Utqiagvik is the northernmost community …

Located on the Arctic Ocean, Utqiaġvik (formerly known as Barrow) is one of the largest Iñupiaq settlements in Alaska. It’s also the northernmost community in the United States. Its extreme …

Jul 8, 2025 · Utqiaġvik is an Inupiat community. The Inupiat people are the primary native group of the Alaskan Arctic; almost 60% of Utqiaġvik residents identify as ‘American Indian’ (native) on …

Sep 24, 2025 · Having missed seeing polar bears in Svalbard , we researched and found the next best place which is easily accessible and with good hotels to stay was Utqiagvik.

Back in 1935, aviator Wiley Post and pop culture icon Will Rogers perished in a plane crash near Utqiagvik. Today, you can find a memorial to them in downtown Utqiagvik, just across from the …

Located on the Chukchi Sea coast, Utqiagvik is the northernmost community in the United States. Traditionally, the community is known as Ukpeaġvik, “place where snowy owls are hunted.” …

Utqiaġvik is very small, and is a flat desert that almost never receives large amounts of snow. So it's easy to get around by foot even in the winter. During the colder months, you can walk …

Utqiaġvik’s climate is cold and dry; winter weather can be extreme with the combination of the below zero temperatures and wind. The annual precipitation is 4.5 inches.

Aug 13, 2012 · Perched at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, at the point where the Beaufort and Chukchi seas meet, Utqiagvik, Alaska, is a community that depends on the ocean for its very …