 | Barrow, United States |
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What a day this has been. Did I mention? The hotel gave me the name of a man who drove tours out to Point Barrow. THAT'S the northernmost spot I wanted to get to. Fifteen miles beyond the town. I had called before I set out on my morning trip and asked ...
The pilot fulfilled my request! He announced, with dignified humor, our passage over the Arctic Circle. "A passenger asked me to do this," he said. "So look below. You won't see a dotted line like on the map. But we're there." He announced the latitude ...
According to the stats, 63.9% of the population of Barrow is Alaska Natives, mostly Inupiat Eskimos. They were here first, of course, and named their settlement Ukpeagvik, meaning 'place to hunt snowy owls.' Traditional marine mammal hunts and other ...
... interesting to stand at the Arctic Ocean and look towards the top of the world. Interesting to me was the fact that Barrow Alaska has a "suburb" called Browerville and a "Summer Camp" between it and Point Barrow, the farthest North point of North America. ...
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