Utqiaġvik

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Utqiaġvik
Barrow in the short ice-free period, June 2005
Barrow in the short ice-free period, June 2005
Location in Alaska
Utqiaġvik (Alaska)
Utqiaġvik
Utqiaġvik
Basic data
Foundation : June 8, 1959
State : United States
State : Alaska
Borough : North Slope Borough
Coordinates : 71 ° 18 ′  N , 156 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 71 ° 18 ′  N , 156 ° 46 ′  W
Time zone : Alaska ( UTC − 9 / −8 )
Residents : 4,212 (as of 2010)
Population density : 88.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 55.2 km 2  (approx. 21 mi 2 ) of
which 47.6 km 2  (approx. 18 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 3 m
Area code : +1 907
FIPS : 02-05200
GNIS ID : 1398635
Website : www.utqiagvik.us
Welcome to Barrow, Alaska.jpg

Utqiaġvik (until 2016: Barrow ) is a city in the North Slope Borough in the state of Alaska in the United States . It is the administrative seat ( Borough Seat ) of the North Slope Borough, the northernmost city in the USA and one of the northernmost in the world. It is a little further north than the European North Cape . The population at the 2010 census was 4,212.

In October 2016, a citizens' referendum decided to rename the town of Barrow Utqiaġvik. This is the traditional name of the place in Inupiaq , the language of the Eskimo who have lived here for thousands of years , and means something like "place where owls are hunted". The previous name of the city is derived from Cape Point Barrow , the northernmost point of the United States 15 km away, which in turn was named after Sir John Barrow in 1825 .

The airport Wiley Post-Will Rogers Memorial Airport connects the city with the rest of the country.

Since the city is west of Point Barrow, it is still on the Chukchi Sea . Point Barrow is the border point to the Beaufort Sea in the east .

Utqiaġvik archaeological site

Sign pointing to the archaeological site

Utqiaġvik was a winter camp of Iñupiat , who hunted and fished in summer in the wider area. In July 1982, the remains of five people were found in what is now the archaeological site of 60 historical and prehistoric houses, who were trapped in their house by a sudden ice wave (Inupiaq: ivu ) and killed immediately under the weight of the ice. The event could be dated to the year 1510 ± 70 years using the radiocarbon method. The bodies of a 20-year-old woman, a 13-year-old boy and an eight-year-old girl were skeletonized. In contrast, a woman in her mid 20s and a 40 year old woman were mummified. They were probably lower than the others and frozen in the penetrating meltwater. The autopsy of the mummies revealed that both suffered from anthracosis , the older also from arteriosclerosis and trichinellosis . In addition, she had given birth to a child a few months before her death, but it was not found. The empty stomachs and stretched bladders suggest that the family was surprised by the misfortune at night. Artifacts such as snow goggles , ice axes , harpoons, and cookware were also found on the bodies .

Town twinning

Popular culture

Climate table

Satellite image comparison from July 2006 and July 2007
Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Barrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) −22.2 −24.8 −22.6 −14.2 −4.3 2.8 6.8 5.6 0.8 −6.6 −14.8 −21.3 O −9.5
Min. Temperature (° C) −29.6 −31.4 −29.9 −22.3 −10.0 −1.7 0.6 0.6 −2.7 −12.0 −21.3 −27.8 O −15.5
Precipitation ( mm ) 4th 4th 5 5 4th 7th 25th 23 14th 11 6th 5 Σ 113
Rainy days ( d ) 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 6th 5 4th 2 1 Σ 30th
Humidity ( % ) 68 67 67 74 86 89 89 91 90 85 77 70 O 79.5
T
e
m
p
e
r
a
t
u
r
−22.2
−29.6
−24.8
−31.4
−22.6
−29.9
−14.2
−22.3
−4.3
−10.0
2.8
−1.7
6.8
0.6
5.6
0.6
0.8
−2.7
−6.6
−12.0
−14.8
−21.3
−21.3
−27.8
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
N
i
e
d
e
r
s
c
h
l
a
g
4th
4th
5
5
4th
7th
25th
23
14th
11
6th
5
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: wetterkontor.de

Web links

Commons : Utqiagvik, Alaska  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Barrow voters support name change to 'Utqiagvik' . Notification of Alaska Dispatch News , October 14, 2016th
  2. Aidan Cockburn, Eve Cockburn, Theodore A. Reyman: Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures . Cambridge University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-521-58060-9 , pp. 143 f . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  3. ^ Paul G. Bahn: Graves, Mummies and Scholars. Searching for traces with archaeologists. Orbis Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-572-01362-3 , pp. 174-177.
  4. Tom Rose: Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World's Greatest Non-Event . Carol Publishing Corporation, 1989, ISBN 978-1-55972-011-3 .