Polar night begins this week, plunging the town's residents into 66 days without a visible sun. Business owners told Insider what it's like to work in the region — including $98 laundry detergent.

You may remember that the northernmost town in the United States is Utqiagvik, Alaska. You may also remember that this town experiences no daylight for 63 days from November 19 to January 21. That is ...

The city of Utqiagvik, Alaska, just plunged into darkness for the next two months.Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, sits at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, about 330 miles north of the Arctic ...

The Barrow High School Whalers play football at Cathy Parker Field in Utqiagvik, Alaska. And this may just be the most unique football stadium in the world because it is the world's northernmost ...

UTQIAGVIK, Alaska - Utqiagvik, Alaska has seen its last sunrise this year; America's northernmost settlement will not see the Sun again until Jan. 22, 2026, as Polar Night begins in the Arctic Circle.

Utqiagvik. That's the name that Barrow will now be identified as. By a margin of six votes, residents of Barrow have voted to change the name of their city back to its Inupiaq name. City council ...

Reporting from anchorage, alaska — On paper, the new Inupiat Eskimo name of the nation’s northernmost town is now official. But not so fast. The reality is not so simple. The town was known as Barrow ...

If you’re afraid of the dark, the United States’ northernmost town might not be for you. In Utqiagvik, Alaska, formerly known as Barrow, the sun will set for the last time in 2020 on Wednesday. The ...