Barrow Travel Guide
Barrow is the northernmost city in Alaska, 340 miles north of the Arctic Circle, on the shores of the Arctic Ocean. 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 the largest municipal government in the world. Barrow is a city located in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 4,581. Barrow is the northernmost settlement in the United States, and the northernmost town of more than 2,000 residents in the world. (See Extreme Points of the United States and Northernmost settlements.). Barrow takes its name from Pt. Barrow, which was named for Sir. John Barrow of the British Admiralty in 1825. British Navy officers were in the area to plot the Arctic coastline of North America. 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.
Barrow is one of the world’s largest Eskimo settlements where traditional culture and modern life are blended. North Slope oil discovery has brought wealth to the area, including modern influences such as snowmobiles. Most homes are heated by natural gas from nearby gas fields. There are community electric, water and sewer systems, a public radio station and cable TV facilities.North Slope Borough wildlife includes polar bears, grizzly bears, arctic foxes, red foxes, caribou, moose, snowy owls, wolves, whales, beaver, Dall sheep, bowhead whales, bearded seals, ringed seals, and spotted seals.
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