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.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the Arctic Sounder in May 2022. When late Utqiagvik Elder Warren Matumeak began to document whaling trails, he sketched a handwritten map of ...

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 ...

Utqiagvik lies more than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle yet is well-connected. The city is served by daily Alaska Airlines passenger flights from Anchorage aboard Boeing 737 jets.