Barrow, Alaska

On Thursday, August 27, we flew from Fairbanks to Barrow. We rode in eight seater, Piper Twin Engine plane. It was a four hour ride, with one stop. Barrow is the furthest north town in the United States. It is on the Arctic Ocean. We flew at 300 feet on the North Slope as we were looking for caribou. Yes, we seen some, but they were still too far away to get a good photo.

Here we are standing at the edge of the ocean. It was in the low 40's and we were cold. We had on our winter coats.

Some photos of our trip, not the best from the airplane windows.

The Alayska Pipeline.

There was new snow on the Brooks Range.

It was a cloudy day, which they have many of in Barrow.

A typical look of city of Barrow. There were lots of newer cars, brought in by barge. Their car gas comes once a year in a big barge. They then have the same price all year!!! They use natural gas to heat their homes and businesses.



Sorry, about the dark picture, but this is where they live temporially when they hunt,kill and butcher whales. The women stay here and the men go out in boats, about 7 per boat. This is one of the skin boats that are used in fishing and whaling.