Situated more than 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle, at the very top of Alaska, is Utqiagvik – formerly known as Barrow – the northernmost city in the United States. It sits on a promontory between the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, with no roads connecting it to the rest of the state.
On Jan. 23, the town’s roughly 5,000 residents will experience the sun’s rays for the first time since mid-November when the sun set for the final time in 2022. On Monday, it will finally rise above the horizon for about 70 minutes. The phenomenon is called “polar night.”
