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	Barrow, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barrow is the northernmost settlement in the United States, and the northernmost town of more than 2,000 residents in the world.
		Barrow takes its current name from Point Barrow, which was named for Sir John Barrow of the British Admirality in 1825.
		Anchorage - Barrow - Bethel - Fairbanks - Homer - Juneau - Kenai - Ketchikan - Kodiak - Kotzebue - Nome - Palmer - Petersburg - Seward - Sitka - Unalaska - Valdez - Wasilla
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barrow,_Alaska (893 words)

	Point Barrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Point Barrow or Nuvuk, is a headland at the northernmost point of Alaska and of the United States, on the Arctic Ocean,
		Point Barrow is situated 15 km (9 miles) northeast of Barrow, Alaska, at 71°23′N 156°30′W.
		It was discovered by Europeans in 1825 by Frederick William Beechey and named for Sir John Barrow, a statesman and geographer in the British Admiralty.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Point_Barrow,_Alaska (301 words)

	Barrow Canyon, Alaska Science Forum
		Barrow Canyon, one of the places where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Pacific Ocean, is deep under salt water.
		In 1957, The crew of the Nautilus used Barrow Canyon to slip from the Chukchi Sea to the deeper Beaufort Sea during the Nautilus's trip under the polar ice cap.
		Because it connects the relatively shallow table of the Chukchi Shelf to the deeper Beaufort Sea, Barrow Canyon serves as sort of a drainage ditch for the Chukchi Sea in the winter.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /ScienceForum/ASF12/1298.html (700 words)

	USATODAY.com - Barrow, Alaska, begins 12 weeks of midnight sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		BARROW, Alaska (AP) — Monday's sunrise was the last for Barrow residents for the next 84 days, as the summer of continuous daylight begins for the USA's northernmost point.
		Barrow has a midnight sun in summer and no sun at all in the winter because it's about 400 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
		July is Barrow's warmest month, but the average high temperature is only 45 degrees and the average low is 34 degrees.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/climate/2004-05-11-barrow-sunrise_x.htm (497 words)

	My Page Dedicated To The People Of Barrow
		Barrow, at the top of the state, is the seat of government and home to 4,000 people.
		Barrow, Alaska - 330 miles above the Arctic Circle - where the traditions of an age-old culture remain at the center of life in a modern world.
		Barrow is the economic, transportation and administration "hub" of the North Slope Borough.
	www.angelfire.com /ky/saints/barrow.html (3573 words)

	BARROW ALASKA INFORMATION
		Barrow is the northernmost city in Alaska, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle, the largest municipal government in the world, and the nation's farthest northern community.
		Barrow is one of the world's largest Eskimo settlements where traditional culture and modern life are blended.
		The U.S. Army established a meteorological and magnetic research station at Barrow in 1881, and the Cape Smythe Whaling and Trading Station was established in 1893.
	www.kingeider.net /king5.html (961 words)

	Barrow Alaska, Alaskan cities
		Barrow with a population of 4,438 is the northernmost community in North America.
		Barrow is the economic center of the North Slope Borough.
		Barrow was named for Sir John Barrow, 2nd Secretary of the British Admiralty.
	www.bellsalaska.com /barrow.html (567 words)

	Barrow Alaska Travel Infomation- Lodging, Cabins, Tours, Attractions, Fishing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Barrow is the northernmost city in Alaska, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle, on the shores of the Arctic Ocean.
		Barrow is the focal point of a large Eskimo settlement, the 88,000-square mile the largest municipal government in the world.
		Barrow's Eskimo name is known as Ukpeagvik (place where owls are hunted.) In 1881, the U.S. Army established a meteorological and magnetic research station near Barrow.
	www.welcometoalaska.com /barrow.htm (997 words)

	Alaska.com \| Other cities & towns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Barrow, Alaska, sits atop the continent, the northernmost community in the United States.
		For all its history, Barrow carries the name of Sir John Barrow, second secretary of the British Admiralty, who advocated northern exploration and for whom the northernmost point was named.
		Barrow is "damp," meaning that the sale of alcohol is banned, although visitors and residents may bring it into town with them.
	www.alaska.com /places/cities/other_cities/story/4565654p-4770215c.html (2517 words)

	High school student paper: Global Warming in Barrow, Alaska
		In the small town of Barrow, Alaska, we get a taste of what is to come as they deal with the threat of relocation due to the rise of seawater, melting permafrost, thunderstorms (which are unheard-of so far north), and many others.
		In Hudson Bay, along with Barrow Alaska scientists have found the main cause of death for cubs to be either lack of food of lack of far on nursing mothers.
		Greenland's and Alaska's ice melting problem may cause parts of the world to be eaten into the sea from the great rise in sea levels and this is only one the huge effects that starting in Alaska, global warming can bring to the rest of the world.
	www.uaf.edu /seagrant/nosb/papers/2005/seward-jeannot.html (3742 words)

	Maine Hunting Today - Dateline 1947 - Point Barrow, Alaska
		Point Barrow is the northern most tip of Alaska and is quite remote to say the least.
		Barrow was explored by the British and named after Sir John Barrow.
		Nome is south and west of Barrow and is located on the south side of the Seward Peninsula.
	www.mainehuntingtoday.com /magazine/articles/Remington/dateline_1947.html (2135 words)

	Barrow, Alaska
		Barrow is one of the top 100 birding spots in America.
		Barrow is also prime habitat for many shorebirds.
		Barrow is the only spot in America one can reliably expect to see the elusive Ross's gull, which shows up, sometimes in great numbers during the last week of September through the first couple of weeks of October.
	fairbanks-alaska.com /barrow.htm (732 words)

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		Barrow is the economic, transportation and administrative center for the North Slope Borough.
		There are 1,777 students officially (according to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development) enrolled in Barrow schools in October 2003.
		Although Barrow is a modern community, subsistence hunting, fishing and whaling are very still important to the local economy.
	www.north-slope.org /nsb/HomeruleBrochure/BrwInfo.htm (746 words)

	Communities - Alaska Native Education Program
		Bordered by the foothills of the Brooks Range to the south and the Arctic Ocean to the north, the borough encompasses 89,000 square miles, an area the size of Minnesota.
		Barrow takes its modem name from Point Barrow, named in 1825 by Captain Beechey of the Royal Navy for Sir John Barrow of the British Admiralty.
		Although the population dwindled in the 1 960s, former residents from Barrow moved to the community in the 1970s and re-established the village under the name of Atqasuk.
	www.nsbsd.org /anep/public/index.cfm/4,443,html (3737 words)

	USATODAY.com - Sun sets on Barrow, Alaska, won't rise again until Jan. 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		BARROW, Alaska (AP) — The sun set on America's northernmost city Tuesday and won't be seen again for two months.
		During the event, the National Weather Service's Barrow office reported that the temperature fell from 6 to 3 degrees above zero as 16 mph winds blew around the light snow that was falling By early Wednesday, the temperature was down to minus 14.
		Barrow's winter darkness is compensated for by summer's midnight sun.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/resources/coldscience/2003-11-19-barrow-sunset_x.htm (608 words)

	Inupiat Heritage Center National Affiliated Area -- Experience Your America
		The Inupiat Heritage Center in Barrow, Alaska was designated an affiliated area of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts to ensure that the contributions of Alaska Natives to the history of whaling is recognized.
		Barrow, a community of approximately 4000, is located on the shore of the Arctic Ocean in northern Alaska.
		Barrow is reached by air from Anchorage and Fairbanks; a major airline schedules several daily flights.
	www.nps.gov /inup/home.htm (506 words)

	Barrow News
		The quest to finish fourth in the Alaska School Activities Association state basketball tournament ended in disappointment for the Lathrop boys and for both of the teams from Eielson.
		BARROW, Alaska Police in the North Slope Borough intercepted a sizable amount of marijuana.
		Elizabeth Rexford of Fairbanks has been competing in the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics for years and this is her second trip to the Arctic Winter Games, so the Fairbanks athlete knows the similarities and...
	www.topix.net /city/barrow-ak (617 words)

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		An Excursion in Sea Kayaking at Barrow Alaska by Gail E. Ferris There I was gazing out of the airplane window as we descended into Barrow on a grey August day, August 5th., 1991.
		The reason for my choosing the Barrow area was because of it's remote northern position, the Inupiat population, the small size of the town and it's drier climate than the Seward area which has plenty of rain and storms.
		It appears that the southerly direction of the breaking waves was caused by hydraulic or fluid mechanics in which the drag exerted on the edge of the wave by the extensive shallows gradient would pull the rest of the wave enough to change it's direction from traveling west to traveling southerly.
	www.guillemot-kayaks.com /Trips/Gail/GailTrips/Barrow.txt (12082 words)

	Barrow Alaska and Polar Bear Information Alasca Alska
		Barrow is the Land of the Midnight Sun
		Barrow has a large Eskimo population and is frequently visited by the polar bear.
		A federally recognized tribe is located in the community, the Native Village of Barrow; Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope.
	www.alaskatrekker.com /barrow.htm (640 words)

	Office hours: Mon-Fri 8am-12pm, 1pm-5pm, no payments after 4:30pm Closed Sat and Sun
		Barrow Utilities and Electric Coop Inc. (BUECI) is a member-owned cooperative (not-for-profit organization).
		We serve the Inupiat Eskimo village of Barrow, providing electricity, natural gas, water and sewer services to this community of approximately 4,500.
		Barrow Utilities and Electric Coop Inc. is a strong supporter of the local community.
	www.bueci.org (158 words)

	Arctic Schoolyard LTER, Barrow Alaska
		The Barrow school district was chosen because there are no schools or residents in the area of the Toolik Lake research site.
		Similar long-term experiments at the Toolik Lake Arctic LTER site, 250 miles to the southeast of Barrow, allow students to be mentored by LTER scientists while conducting research at a location convenient to their school.
		With support from BP Exploration Alaska, several of the program's student field participants and their science teacher traveled to the Toolik Lake field station in summer 2003, where they were able to see the Arctic LTER's tundra warming experiments.
	ecosystems.mbl.edu /arc/schoolyard (464 words)

	Barrow, Alaska (AK), Pictures
		Barrow, city and seat of North Slope Borough, northern Alaska, near Point Barrow (the northernmost land point of the United States).
		An arctic research laboratory, operated by the local population for visiting scientists, and a modern airport are located in Barrow.
		And then to Homer and directly to the "Spit," a five-mile strip of land (actually the terminal moraine of the glacier) jutting into Kachemak Bay, where there was a little time to wander and shop before boarding the boat.
	www.greatestcities.com /North_America/USA/Alaska_AK/Barrow_city.html (247 words)

	Summer 2003 - Barrow, Alaska
		We are in Barrow, Alaska teaching 1st through 5th grade at Ipalook Elementary School.
		Barrow is approximately 350 miles above the Arctic Circle and is the northernmost community on the North American continent.
		Through studying shore birds in Ipalook Elementary School, the students will develop a greater appreciation of the Barrow area as they understand the characteristics of the animals that are a part of their environment.
	www.sdsa.org /pisces/ARCTIC/summer_2003 (597 words)

	Barrow, Alaska AK, city profile (North Slope Borough) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Alaska > All counties > North Slope Borough > Barrow
		At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Barrow was $22,902, compared with $21,587 nationally.
		Median rent in Barrow, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $875.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27925 (535 words)

	High Lonesome BirdTours Barrow Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Barrow is the northernmost settlement in the United States, located on the edge of the Polar Ice Cap more than 300 miles above the Arctic Circle.
		Vast seas of ice extend from Point Barrow another 1200 miles to the North Pole.
		From May to August, darkness never falls on Barrow as the golden glow of the midinght sun fills the sky.
	www.hilonesome.com /Barrow.html (270 words)

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	Excursion in Sea Kayaking at Barrow Alaska
		I put up my tent and stretched out my gear everywhere in the bright warm sun to dry because I wanted to be sure that everything was as dry as possible before I packed it for the trip home.
		The next few days were spent visiting exhibits in Barrow, having a wonderful time talking with visiting scientists and visiting with my friends
		One warm sunny afternoon at about 4 pm while visiting friends we happened to see a mirage of land and islands subtly develop just hang over the water shimmering and gradually disappear. This was another one of the many phenomena of the Arctic.
	www.guillemot-kayaks.com /Trips/Gail/91BarrowAlaska.htm (888 words)

	Summer 2003 - Barrow, Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This was my first sighting of Barrow wildlife for the trip, besides the many gulls that like to hang around the garbage cans in town.
		Barrow is a coastal town, with a population of roughly 4,500 people.
		There are several interesting facts about the cultures here on the North Slope of Alaska, many of which I'll be sharing with you over the next few weeks.
	www.sdsa.org /pisces/ARCTIC/summer_2003/mjournal.htm (2939 words)

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