Point Barrow

But I plan to go in the water, to plunge in from the northernmost point in the United States, out near Point Barrow, Alaska, the nearest bit of American mainland to the North Pole.

Taking the Arctic Plunge Bill Streever 2011

In the afternoon, we four and a driver head northeast along the shore toward Point Barrow, which divides the Arctic Ocean's Chukchi Sea to the west from the Beaufort Sea to the east.

Taking the Arctic Plunge Bill Streever 2011

Our heated vehicle -- an ATV fitted with kevlar tracks to navigate the snow -- served as transportation to Point Barrow, 12 miles away and the northernmost piece of land in the U.S.

James M. Clash: Northern Thanksgiving Exposure From the Top of Alaska James M. Clash 2010

Our heated vehicle--an ATV fitted with kevlar tracks to navigate the snow--served as transportation to Point Barrow, 12 miles away and the northernmost piece of land in the U.S.

James M. Clash: Northern Thanksgiving Exposure From the Top of Alaska James M. Clash 2010

Our heated vehicle -- an ATV fitted with kevlar tracks to navigate the snow -- served as transportation to Point Barrow, 12 miles away and the northernmost piece of land in the U.S.

James M. Clash: Northern Thanksgiving Exposure From the Top of Alaska James M. Clash 2010

Our heated vehicle--an ATV fitted with kevlar tracks to navigate the snow--served as transportation to Point Barrow, 12 miles away and the northernmost piece of land in the U.S.

James M. Clash: Northern Thanksgiving Exposure From the Top of Alaska James M. Clash 2010

The mean July temperature at the coastal town of Vadsø (70º 05 'N) in northern Norway, for example, is approximately 11 ºC, while that at Point Barrow (71º 30' N) in Alaska is approximately 4 ºC.

Climate change and reindeer nomadism in Finnmark, Norway 2010

Our heated vehicle -- an ATV fitted with kevlar tracks to navigate the snow -- served as transportation to Point Barrow, 12 miles away and the northernmost piece of land in the U.S.

James M. Clash: Northern Thanksgiving Exposure From the Top of Alaska James M. Clash 2010

They vary from -12.2 ºC at Point Barrow, Alaska (71. 3º N) to -28.1 ºC at the summit of the Greenland Ice Sheet (about 71º N) [4] and from 1.5 ºC at 52º N in subarctic Canada to 8.9 ºC at 52º N in temperate Europe.

Introduction to Arctic Tundra and Polar Desert Ecosystems 2009

Starting in February 2009, his team will trek 1,242 miles from Point Barrow, Alaska, to the North Pole.

Scientists May Soon Outnumber Penguins at Earth's Poles 2008