Above: An aerial image of Barrow (Utqiagvik), Alaska. Barrow is located at a latitude of 71°17’26”, about 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Every month since December 2015 the temperature has ...

UTQIAĠVIK — The call for help came in around 10 p.m. one recent December night at the Barrow Search and Rescue headquarters. When someone is lost or stranded in the wild lands within 25 miles of town, ...

This map shows the current sea level around the Arctic region, with BIWS indicating the location of the ice wedges near Barrow, Alaska. Map provided by the Japan consortium for Arctic Environmental ...

Above: The sun sets over sea ice on the Chukchi Sea near Barrow, Alaska. This archival photo was taken in spring during the OASIS (Ocean_Atmosphere_Sea Ice_Snowpack) field project. Image credit: UCAR ...