When late Utqiagvik Elder Warren Matumeak began to document whaling trails, he sketched a handwritten map of the ice around the northernmost village, noting what kind of ice the trails had.

The town of Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, has a population just shy of 5,000 people. It is situated along Alaska’s North Slope on the Arctic Ocean and sits at 71.17 degrees North latitude ...

In the northernmost city in the United States, nothing arrives by road. Like other remote communities in Alaska, the city, Utqiagvik (pronounced oot-KAY-ahg-vik), relies extensively on airplanes ...

In northernmost U.S. town, the sun won’t set until Aug. 2 “Polar day” has arrived in Utqiagvik, Alaska. The sun will shine for nearly three months straight.

A sunrise in Barrow (now known as Utqiagvik), Alaska, on Jan. 25, 2011. Tuesday afternoon, the sun peeked above the horizon along Alaska's North Slope around 1:09 p.m. AKST, 66 days after it set ...

The storm brought winds up to 40 mph to communities from Wainwright to Kaktovik, weather officials said. High waves damaged a road in Utqiagvik, affecting around five houses, residents reported.