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	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.
		From Point Barrow at 71°02′ N 156°47′ W between 1965 to 1972 some sounding rockets of the type "Nike Cajun" and "Nike Apache" were launched.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Point_Barrow (293 words)

	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.
		Nearby Point Barrow is the northernmost point of the United States (see Extreme Points of the United States and Northernmost settlements.)
		Barrow takes its current name from Point Barrow, which was named for Sir John Barrow of the British Admirality in 1825.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barrow,_Alaska (769 words)

	Alaska Cruises to Point Barrow
		Point Barrow, point, northern Alaska, the northernmost point of the United States, on the Arctic Ocean.
		The point was first sighted in 1826 by the British explorer Frederick W. Beechey, who named it for the British geographer Sir John Barrow.
		Barrow, city and seat of North Slope Borough, northern Alaska, near Point Barrow (the northernmost land point of the United States).
	www.sailing-alaska-cruises.com /alaska_cruises/point_barrow.htm (136 words)

	Barrow Alaska Travel Infomation- Lodging, Cabins, Tours, Attractions, Fishing
		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, the northernmost community in North America, is located on the Chukchi Sea coast, 10 miles south of Point Barrow from which it takes its name.
	www.welcometoalaska.com /barrow.htm (958 words)

	Point Barrow, Alaska - Northernmost Totem Pole in the World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A totem pole located at the Point Barrow, AK LRRS facility (US Air Force) declares it to be the location of the northernmost totem pole in the world.
		Point Barrow is the northernmost inhabited place in the United states, perhaps making this the northernmost roadside attraction.
		We were pleased to note that in the adjacent sign, which gave distances to various places (a common practice in Barrow since nothing is close), the 2,815 mile distance to Wall Drug was deemed worthy of inclusion.
	www.roadsideamerica.com /tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==8064 (254 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Barrow, Alaska at Epinions.com
		Barrow, Alaska's north of Fairbanks and 365 miles north of Arctic Circle.
		Barrow is situated on the arctic coast of Alaska at 71o18 North by 156o40 West.
		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.
	www.epinions.com /content_83131534980 (767 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)

	BASC: Barrow Environmental Observatory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Barrow Environmental Observatory (BEO) is a contribution by the Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC, the Barrow village corporation) to the long scientific research tradition on Alaska’s North Slope that is exemplified by the former Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL), now the UIC-NARL Facility.
		The BEO research preserve consists of 7,466 acres of arctic tundra near Barrow, Alaska permanently set aside for arctic research projects.
		Point Barrow, Alaska’s northernmost point of land, lies 5 miles from the BEO (map available on this website).
	www.sfos.uaf.edu /basc/beo (1283 words)

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		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.
		Rounding points on a chart always looks like simple straight forward short work, but in reality is often not the case as sooner or later my mind would be starting to tell me that this passage seems to be taking a long time.
		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 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barrow is the northernmost settlement the United States.
		Barrow Alaska from A to Z! This is a good book about Barrow, Alaska.
		Barrow, Alaska by the Royal Navy captain and crew of the HMS Plover.
	www.freeglossary.com /Barrow,_Alaska (739 words)

	Learn more about Arctic Alaska -Barrow, Kotzebue, Point Hope- at WelcometoAlaska.com
		Barrow, Alaska is the northernmost city in Alaska and 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
		With approximately 4,500 residents, the Barrow area is probably the harshest polar location in Alaska.
		Barrow is the focal point of a large Eskimo settlement, the 88,000-square mile North Slope Borough makes Barrow the largest municipal government in the world.
	www.welcometoalaska.com /Arctic.htm (2293 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.
		Barrow is one of the top 5 birding spots in Alaska and the annual visitors to Barrow are spectacular.
	www.kingeider.net /king5.html (961 words)

	Encyclopedia: Point Barrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The bay at San SebastiÃ¡n, Spain A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides.
		Point Barrow is situated 15 km (9 miles) northeast of Barrow, Alaska, at 71Â° 23â² N, 156Â° 30â² W.
		From Point Barrow at 71Â° 02â² N, 156Â° 47â² W between 1965 to 1972 some sounding rockets of the type "Nike Cajun" and "Nike Apache" were launched.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Point-Barrow (597 words)

	Excursion in Sea Kayaking at Barrow Alaska
		The most ethereal plant with the thinnest imaginable stems was a member of that tenacious weed, the chickweed or stellaria family. This stellaria was hidden among the grasses having stems which appeared to be about as thick as hair with whitish grey green very delicate lance shaped leaves topped by tiny white flowers.
		I proceeded on for Tekegakrok Point and stopped near East Twin Lake. This lake had been reported as a salt lake because of its outlet to Mayeak River estuary, but I thought that since there was West Twin Lake in the area, water must be available.
		Before I retired I examined the sky for weather and clouds of particular note. To my surprise I saw something I had never seen before in the sky. Some altocumulus clouds were showing a mid air hail event, which is called virga.
	www.guillemot-kayaks.com /Trips/Gail/91BarrowAlaska.htm (888 words)

	Nesting of the Black Guillemot at Point Barrow, Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The drum was ap- proximately 200 m from the end of the Point and 40 m from the shallow water (maxi- mum depth, 2 m) of Elson Lagoon.
		Alaska, Harrisburg, Pennsylva- nia, Stackpole Co., and Washington, D.C., Wildlife Mgmt.
		Native hunters of the Eskimo village of Barrow report that occasional birds of this species are seen in open areas in the sea ice in all months of the year.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v085n01/p0139-p0140.html (1022 words)

	NPP Tundra: Point Barrow, Alaska [U.S.A.] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Productivity of a wet arctic tundra meadow was studied from 1970 to 1972 at Point Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A. Measurements of peak above-ground live biomass and leaf area index were made on 43 permanent plots, 1 m x 10 m, representing the spectrum of undisturbed vegetation.
		It was thought to be fairly representative of the tundra vegetation around Barrow as a whole.
		Graminoid vegetation at Barrow is grazed discontinuously and sometimes intensively by the brown lemming.
	daac.ornl.gov /NPP/site_des/brw_des.html (350 words)

	The Cruise of the Corwin by John Muir
		Point Barrow is a low, barren spit putting out into the icy ocean, and, before the discovery of Wrangell Land, the northernmost point of the territory of the United States.
		But the extreme point of the peninsula of Boothia proves to be a few miles farther north than this.
		With the experience that he will gain among the ice at Point Barrow, and the resources at command in the way of good assistants, skilled native travelers, with good dogs and sleds, etc., Mr.
	www.sierraclub.org /john_muir_exhibit/writings/cruise_of_the_corwin/chapter_17.html (1557 words)

	Barrow, Alaska
		Although it is possible to see them at the Point anytime of the year, October and November allow for the most likely viewing opportunities.
		Whaling season tends to encourage the polar bears to feast on the remains that are left at Point Barrow.
		The Inn is located across from the Alaska Airlines Barrow terminal, and you can check out their web site for more information.
	www.fairbanks-alaska.com /barrow.htm (732 words)

	Point Barrow
		To the southwest is the village of Barrow.
		Beaufort Sea - Beaufort Sea, part of the Arctic Ocean, N of Alaska and Canada, between Point Barrow, Alaska, and...
		Barrow, city, United States - Barrow, city (1990 pop.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/us/A0839462.html (165 words)

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		When her engineering job dried up, she was offered a comfortable desk job, but instead, she chose to stay and win over a town that hated her, start an improbable business, and beat the odds to become one of the town’s best-loved residents.
		Although Barrow residents initially mocked her efforts, she won them over with community involvement such as funding New Year’s Eve fireworks (July’s sun doesn’t set), heading the Polar Bear Club, distributing Easter candy in a bunny suit and hosting a local radio program.
		Point Barrow, Alaska can be found 11 miles north of Barrow, Alaska which is the northern most community in the United States.
	www.demko.com /cg020315.htm (473 words)

	Alaska 2002 Epilog - Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		is the story of seven pilots who built their own experimental aircraft and flew as a group over 10,000 miles to the most northern point of land in the United States, namely Point Barrow, Alaska.
		The morning of May 31, 2002 was the start of the second Alaska Adventure for a flight of seven Kitfox Experimental aircraft.
		The Kitfox group of 2002 set a higher goal, that of flying to and landing at Point Barrow, Alaska, located on a peninsula which jets out into the Arctic Ocean.
	www.sportflight.com /alaska2/epilog0.html (329 words)

	Point Barrow, Alaska Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	www.alienartifacts.com /search/encyclopedia/Point_Barrow%2C_Alaska (509 words)

	Barrow, Alaska
		This dish is in Browerville, a section of Barrow.
		This vehicle is used on tours of Point Barrow, about 13 miles NE of town.
		You will find food in all of Barrow expensive by the lower 48 standards, but remember everything has to be brought in by air.
	www.astresystems.com /barrow (740 words)

	Journey North: Signs of Spring Mystery Class
		Barrow is at the top of the North American continent and is approximately 350 miles north of the Arctic Circle at 71 degrees 17 minutes north latitude and 156 degrees 47 minutes west longitude.
		Alaska's 'Last Frontier' is divided into boroughs (rather than counties); the North Slope Borough encompasses more than 88,000 square miles.
		Barrow is a really small town and it's at the top of the world.
	www.learner.org /jnorth/1997/critters/mclass/863730059.html (1892 words)

	GEO_PLATE_KL-9.HTML
		The Arctic Coastal Plain is underlain by flat-lying Late Cretaceous to Early Tertiary sandstones and shales with interbedded conglomerates and coal seams.
		The most significant physiographic characteristic of this region of Alaska is the abundance of oriented thermokarst lakes that are associated with permafrost in northern Alaska.
		The oriented lakes of Alaska (Figure KL-9.1 and Figure KL-9.2) are primarily confined to the Arctic Coastal Plain, although other oriented lakes are known to occur under similar environmental conditions such as in the vicinity of Old Crow in Yukon Territory.
	geoinfo.amu.edu.pl /wpk/geos/GEO_7/GEO_PLATE_KL-9.HTML (754 words)

	Point Barrow Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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	www.folkartmuseum.com /encyclopedia/Point_Barrow (490 words)

	High Lonesome BirdTours Barrow Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	An Account of the 1988 effort to rescue trapped whales off Barrow, Alaska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Point Barrow is at the northernmost point of Alaska, on the Arctic Ocean, at lat.
		Possibly confused by the rather late and unseasonably warm weather conditions of that summer season, it is speculated that these whales may have been enjoying the good eating in the waters off of Barrow, and forgot that winter was approaching, becoming unable to make it out to open seas to return southward.
		Ron Morris was the Coordinator of the rescue, from the NOAA Fisheries Division
	www.qsl.net /kg0yh/whales.htm (539 words)

	Point Barrow -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Point Barrow -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		It was discovered for Europeans in 1825 by (additional info and facts about Frederick William Beechey) Frederick William Beechey and named for Sir (additional info and facts about John Barrow) John Barrow, a statesman and geographer in the British Admiralty.
		From Point Barrow at between 1965 to 1972 some sounding rockets of the type "Nike Cajun" and "Nike Apache" were launched.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/point_barrow.htm (83 words)

	Barrow - netlexikon
		Barrow ist eine Stadt im US-Bundesstaat Alaska, USA, mit 4.400 Einwohner (Stand: 2004).
		Ursprünglich hieß Barrow Ukpaegvik, was in Inupiaq soviel wie "Ort, an dem Eulen gejagt werden" heißt.
		Den aktuellen Namen erhielt Barrow vom Point Barrow, der 1825 nach dem Admiral Sir John Barrow benannt wurde.
	www.lexikon-definition.de /Barrow.html (109 words)

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