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Sam, how do you board these specialized 737's, if the passenger seating is only at the rear? Do you board at the front still, and walk through the additional cargo hold? Can most Alaskan towns land a 737 now? From everything I've heard, its replaced many of the DC3's that used to service those towns. Great video. I hope you can discuss your trip in more detail on the podcast! Edit: Any plans to have Real Life Lore on as a podcast guest? :)
One thing about Barrow that will never go down in history books is a Mexican food restaurant called Pepe’s that burned down in 2013. The owner was Fran Tate who founded the place in 1978 when Barrow was even more ancient and still didn’t have conventional means of electricity and running water. She grew up dirt poor in rural Washington, had worked hard since childhood, numerous failed marriages, and never knew a life without constant toil for endless hours every day. She endured brutal winters, endless business debt collectors, having to worry about a warm place to live and sleep, unreliable employees, having to receive food on planes that might not be fresh, storage of the food, yet operated a homey, comfortable place to enjoy decent Tex-Mex. No alcohol and not as good as you’d get in California or Texas, but it worked and she did it for some 35 years never striking it rich. A great American hero and entrepreneur in my book!
Aaron Davis The restaurant industry will burn you in the long run if you open and own your own place. The place owns you if you want to make a living from it.
Aaron Davis soon we will no longer have to slave away doing laborious chores for money. AI and automation are the future we will be left to do other things like art and making music.
Barrow, Alaska no longer exists. It has since been renamed to be Utqiagvik. The renaming happened 2 years ago, roughly 1 year after this video was made. Please upvote this comment so that the curious google map dwellers may find it.
I visited Anchorage for the first time this past May. My hotel was next to the Alaska native hospital. Checking in in front of me were natives from Barrow, who all had large coolers with them. After their health check-ups, they planned to shop for food -- before flying back north to Barrow. Brilliant.
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI). Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI). Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).. Salam (Peace) ------------
Met a kid last name Oenga who lived in Barrow, Alaska when I was in US Army infantry basic training, Ft. Benning Georgia. He's never been to the lower 48 states. He joined the Army and next he was in pure Georgia summer 100+ degree F (37.7+ C) with a heat index reaching even higher. Felt bad for this kid because he dropped from heat exhaustion so much, we had a betting pool on when he'd drop again. Even the drill sgts knew this kid likely never felt 100 degrees his whole life, now he's "full battle rattle" (fully geared up, body armor, helmet, in pants and long sleeves, pushing his body to the limits in this heat? This kid was a beast and I'm proud to have trained with him. Rock Steady.
Lazlow Rave give my amends to him since i could never handle going to barrow with how cold it gets since im from texas where 100 degree heat is the norm
Prolly a good idea for the town to maintain relevance after the fields run out would be to have a training grounds up there. Like you said, your guy never felt such heat-- Well I'll bet you most ppl in the lower 49 would be put to the test up there about as much as Oenga was in Georgia. It would be a splendid way to get forces trained and conditioned for arctic regions and extreme biomes in general. Just imagine guys falling out of line for snow blindness, heat rash, chilblains...waking up to their barracks door being frozen or snowed shut, or having to work on their engines in sub zero temps. Gotta respect people who learned to deal with things like that and then decided "hey, lemme sign up to fight for my country in what's for sure gonna be some land-of-eternal-summer equatorial nightmare"
The DOD has Ft Greely almost literally in the middle of Alaska and home of some record lows, it's where all the gear gets tested for cold weather readiness Been there once, sadly there is no need for the same thing in Barrow
Maxwell Jacobs according the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) the hottest it has ever been in Alaska is 100 degrees F and that was in 1915 in Fort Yukon. So if "plenty of places" means just one place? Sure, man. You got it.
The surrounding tundra is home to billions of forms of plant life. Some flowers which might only bloom once a year for an hour. The towns surrounded by edible plants and berries depending on the season. It's hard to explain to someone that never travels there.
I do, in the Winter. Problem is, if you forget about it, by the time Spring rolls around, it thaws out and spoils. The fact that anything stored outside in the Winter is quickly covered completely by anywhere from inches to several feet of snow, makes it difficult to remember where everything is stored outside. By the time the snow thaws enough for you remember it was there, it's usually already too far gone. Keep in mind, we may have a colder annual average temperate than most of the world, but it routinely gets into the 60s in the Summer. Rarely, we do see days of 80+ F as well.
My son and I spent a week in Barrow in July of 2015. It was a birthday gift to me. People ask me why I ever wanted to go to Barrow. I had no real good answer except that I wanted to see a place that hardly anyone wanted to go to. And.... I intend to go back
It’s very similar to where I grew up out in Bethel. 5000 people, the 737 combos flying out of anchorage we were just on the SW coast so we had twilight for a couple hours in summer and light a few hours all winter. I always wanted to go up there to I used to really look forward to going there for a wrestling tournament when I got to high school (we played each other every year) and see it stay dark, sea ice and stuff. but family left when I was in 8th grade. Maybe I’ll make it there one day too
He never talked about why the town existed before oil was drilled on the North Slope. It's because it's on a peninsula that juts out into the Arctic Ocean, where whales would travel relatively close to the coast. This made whaling much simpler when the main mode of transportation was by Umiak.
@Evi1M4chine Caribou, fish and occasional summer berries. If you always eat your meat raw you'd get the heat-sensitive vitamins and other nutrients too. You don't need any special genes - many European and American arctic explorers, by learning from the locals, had ate raw back then and there was no harm to their active life, at least in the short term. The diet is high in purine, which caused many local elders to suffer from gout, but that's another story.
I'm almost emotional that I found this because when I'm bored at work I mess around on google maps, and this town has always intrigued the hell out of me.
Cameron Nathan Lol! I live below Barrow a little bit, still above the arctic circle in a village called Shungnak. You can’t get jets here like you can go Barrow. The only way here is by bush plane.
Tom T. They use self sustaining as in money in - money out = zero. There isn’t any federal/state aid coming in, it ‘sustains’ itself with it’s industry, it doesn’t use anything more than it produces economically.
The thing is they are really from China and came over on the land bridge. The dinosaurs was the only things here and then USA got taken over by the Chineze and the Mexicans.
He nearly lost me with "a bit unique,". What's the difference between extremely unique and a bit unique or very unique for that matter? Something is either unique or it's not. Call me pedantic but if he wants to be professional......
Imagine living there in ancient times when the shoreline ice never melted and contact with the outside world had never been established. You would have no reason to believe that the flat, featureless sheet of permanent ice wasn’t just the literal edge of the world, like walking off into it would be equivalent to rocketing beyond the edge of the universe into black nothingness on a spacecraft.
Ancient peoples were more intelligent than you're giving them credit for, these were people who crossed the Bering Land bridge thousands of years ago. I'm sure they learned quickly the earth was not flat and that they'd fall off. Only silly Europeans with imagination (I'll give you that) would think so. Even Africans knew better.
They had contact with the outside world. They would travel South during summers to collect wood. Often times, they'd get slaughtered by lower tribes that thought their territory was being invaded.
Lived in Alaska for 18 years...taught school in the Bush. Have been to Barrow a number of times. Its a great little community and the people stick together.
I'm in Barrow right now and had to watch this again for fun. No more 737 Combis fly here anymore btw. I'll be uploading a twin otter landing in Barrow in a few minutes. Also, Barrow has Subway restaurant now too!
@@CLINT-THE-GREAT I have not found the definitive answer but maybe because there is enough traffic to fill a complete 737 with expensive passengers and Northern Air Cargo has plenty of freight to make cargo only flights a huge money maker. Plus there is Ryan Air Cargo.
@@TheeGrumpy I'm actually a bit surprised. I would've assumed corruption in a small town would be rare due to the fact everyone probably knows each other like neighbours.
I grew up in Fairbanks, AK and I remember when our high school football would play barrow on their home field we would always take a dip in the arctic ocean before we went back to Fairbanks. Good memories! The cold doesn't bother you as much when you grow up in it
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI). Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI). Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).. Salam (Peace) ------------
@@dasdiesel3000 there are many small towns and villages in Alaska that are accessible only by plane. In fact, float planes are very popular, used often in the state, and Anchorage has the largest float plane "dock" in the world, Lake Spenard.
@@dasdiesel3000Yes, Barrow High has a turf field and has even won a state championship. So has their basketball team. Each away game is a 2-3 day trip by plane, as they always have to fly through Anchorage.
@@jameson32 None the less, that's exactly what "completely self sustaining" means. He just happened to say something that could hardly be further from the truth.
I visited Barrow in 1993. I spent two days there in February. It snowed daily and as I recall the temperature hovered around -32 degrees. I enjoyed Barrow's uniqueness, even with the bitter cold. No roads in or out. In the winter, Alaska Air or Ryan Air was the only way in. I stayed at the Top of the World hotel and walked the streets to see how people live. I ate at Pepe's, owned by a Mrs. Tate, and yes, if you sign the guest book you would get a Christmas Card signed by Mrs. Tate herself. Barrow has a uniqueness that one must see to believe. Very few people from the lower 48 have been there, but Barrow should be seen as it is truly the last Frontier.
I come from a rural Alaskan town, and I can attest that cost of living is really high, but I think you should have included subsistence living when talking about costs. I feel like at least half of what we ate was from land or sea. And you don't have to pay extra for organics! There's nothing more comforting than knowing exactly where you got your food.
Rin Bailey - as a fellow Alaskan and a guy who used to deliver freight via barge to rural AK (including Barrow) I totally agree with you. The fact that this guy only showed the prices of groceries and didn’t show the subsistence lifestyle kind of makes this video a joke. I feel like he could’ve gone to more rural areas like Diomede or St. Laurence island and could’ve gotten a more rural experience.
Well, you can practice subsistence living in a place with a much longer growing season and still have access to 'normally' priced groceries. So with that in mind, it's bloody damn expensive.
I spent a year and a half working in Barrow, in the latter part of 1998 and all of ‘99, with a 5 month stint in a village of 200 people, much farther south, Elim, which is east down the coast from Nome. While I was in Barrow I worked for Northern Lights Electric, and some of the projects that I worked on were the Fire Station, which was the headquarters for the North Slope, 18 duplexes that were a joint NSB/H.U.D. Construction endeavour. I also worked on the college and at various other places in town. Since there’s practically nothing to do most of the time, I delivered pizza for Arctic Pizza for the first several months I was there which was one of the worst and least gratifying jobs I’ve ever had. I would deliver to the same houses nightly and in many cases, say the tab was $39.75 they customer would hold their hands out for the quarter. Keep in mind that it was almost always below zero when I was delivering so maybe it’s just me but that seemed kinda shitty. Most of the people were okay but not all, and there were a lot of people with drinking problems, serious full blown alcoholics. You can always tell when people got their permanent fund dividend checks, or guilt money from the oil companies, because all of a sudden the town was full of booze and hammered people. The village switched back and forth every year basically from wet to dry, regarding alcohol. “Damp” means “allowed”, dry obviously “not allowed”. You can never buy alcohol in Barrow, that would be “wet”, when it’s “damp”, you can order from Fairbanks, usually from a place called “The Brown Jug”. Usually the switch came about because someone would get too drunk and pass out in the snow only to be found when “The Thaw” happens several months later and the more religious of the townspeople would demand a return to a ban, riding a wave of righteousness. It only lasts a year because they vote on it every year and people get over whatever happened and want their liquor back. The schools, including the college, are some of the most well equipped facilities I’ve ever come across. They have the absolute best computers and equipment for the kids which is wonderful actually and sad that it’s not the same throughout the “Lower 48”. The culture is ancient and the Inupiat people are some of the hardiest people in the world imho, they have to be to have called Barrow home for as long as they have. They are very culturally protective, which is quite understandable but also kind of hypocritical if you’ve ever spent time there. They slaughter whales and reindeer, yet a small percentage don’t cook for themselves nor their children but instead order out every day/night from Arctic Pizza or one of the other “restaurants” in town. There’s always bad apples in every barrel but the majority of the native Inupiat people are quite friendly, outgoing, very intelligent and proud of their heritage and behave as such. I don’t regret my time there but I’d never go back. Not even to visit. I can’t imagine what will become of Barrow once the oil money pulls out and dries up because they’re so used to getting whatever they want and need. There’s a dump in town full of broken down vehicles of every type, cars, quads, snow machines, and at least when I was there, no one was allowed to pick through it to repair their vehicles like you are able to elsewhere, even if you have to pay such as Pick A Part or something like that. They just order new vehicles when their old ones break down. It’s incredibly wasteful. Maybe there’s some reason that I’m unaware of for that but on the surface yeah, wasteful. I’m sure that once the money is gone the population will shrink back to pre-oil days and the inherent strength of the people will find it’s way to the surface given time, but the oil companies are heartless and when it’s time to bail they’ll leave Barrow in the lurch and not give a rip to how it will affect those living there. Luckily for the native population, as I said, they’re a hardy lot and they will adjust back to their old ways, for the most part, because they’re very serious and diligent about keeping their traditions alive and for the most part the younger ones are brought up learning both their customary ancient practices as well as modern western ones. For some though, the shock will be debilitating and harsh. At least they’ll have the close knit tight family of the tribe to lean on for support. I encourage anyone who has an adventurous soul to check Barrow out, because there’s not many places like it on earth and there are very few peoples left like the Inupiat.
Rey Mustayne From the Merriam-Webster dictionary "maintaining or able to maintain oneself or itself by independent effort". Requiring 100% of its good being imported isn't even remotely close to this definitely of "independent effort"
I don't see how I'm dishonest. The first definition is the most common one and I'm not going to go through literally every definition and review it. Also, even the second definition doesn't work here because even in the video he says that the oil industry is slowing down... so it isn't self-sustaining even from that standpoint. You're calling me out for using the definition and ideology that I subscribe to, but you're doing exactly that. Quite the hypocrite.
The oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the New World is Point Hope Alaska, called Tikigaq in the local language. It has been a town for 15,000 years. Barrow is slightly younger, but only slightly.
You do not have to have produce to live. There are many foods that are luxury item and not at all needed. In Japan, the price of a melon is a thousand USD. I buy it for $2. Can I live without it? Bet your ass I can.
That's not true whatsoever, I'm from Nome, Alaska and have been to barrow and may remote villages dozens of times. They're like you, living in square houses and getting their food from the store. literally less than 1/3 of the population provides somewhat for themselves. As a white person I participate in many more "native" activities than most ever will. I've never bought meat or fish in my life as I provide it all for myself.
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As an Alaskan, I truly appreciated this video. I've been a long time subscriber to Wendover and I love your videos. Only small point of correction to your video, the residents of Barrow recently voted to change the name of their town back to the original Inupiaq name of Utqiagvik
Just found your channel and this video. My brothers, my father, and I took a trip to Alaska back in 2017, in August after this video was orignally posted. As part of the trip we flew up to Barrow for a visit, staying at the Top of the World Hotel, which I assume is where you stayed too! Me and a couple of my brothers did the Polar Bear Plunge challenge there in the Artic Ocean. Such an interesting way of life up there. Would definitely want to make it back again some time.
$17.00 frozen pizza? $20.00 toilet paper $15.00 hand sanitizer? I think I'm in the wrong line of work. I need to be a toilet paper smuggler to the north! lmao
My girlfriend and I spent a couple of days in Barrow in march of 2007. We stayed in the Top of the World hotel, about 50 feet from the frozen Arctic Ocean. It was the most desolate place imaginable. It was like visiting Mars.
That would be the place to move if you have a really pretty girlfriend that is getting hit on on all the time. She wouldn't have many options or people hitting on her over there lol
Great coincidence! I paused the video to read some comments without knowing what time I paused it and I read yours that says 3:41 so I came back to the video to see what you were talking about and haha I was just on the 3:41 and I don't need to swipe to see it hehe.
Well, economically speaking they sustain those shipments and don't require external aid to pay for the food and other things they import. I guess no city is truly self sustaining in a material sense, they're too population dense to possibly grow enough food within their limits. I do wonder if anyone has thought about building a greenhouse in this town though, plenty of sunlight in summer!
@Alexander Franke Trump: That's it! No more free meals! Some Gov official six months later: Well, we haven't heard from that "borrow" thing for four months, they must be pretty upset that we told them not to expect govnment handouts, doesn't matter, we're gonna go in next year and collect all the taxes.
To get to Alaska's largest city (~300K) Anchorage, it can easily take two/three weeks. That's why I stopped my subscription, my first packages would arrive just after a week but it kept getting worse and worse.
You can pay Amazon more and more for a faster and faster tier of shipping, but regardless -- it takes them 5 days to get it out the door. But don't get me started.
I live a small town in north west Alaska and it takes four to six working days. The fastest I've seen any package was three. Choosing to pay extra for faster shipping doesn't seem to change anything either, it may leave the warehouse sooner in the lower forty eight but will end up delayed in Anchorage for a few days.
I live in South Central, which is where the fast mail goes, and I think the fastest I've gotten a package was three weeks, and the slowest was seven months.
@UCKLwVHXSVCFr2y6BnS4fBYQ we rely on hunting for food in the winter, it takes forever for basic necessities to ship up here, and when they do they're overpriced
Yeah seriously maybe if it was a hunting commune full of tents I might have believed that - this city as it is can never exist without airplanes and the global supply chain
Barrow (errr... Utqiagvik) is a very interesting place. I few up for a "night" in the summer of 2020. The weather is harsh, the ocean is angry and there's not much to do but the scenery is breathtaking. You really do feel like you're at the end of the Earth. Being that far north is also a striking reminder that you live on a sphere.
крест Лапотников I have to ask... what was it like living there? Cause it looks so depressing! I saw another video where a police officer there said that the suicide rate was really high there. If it looks gray and depressing when it's daylight I can't imagine the desperation and claustrophobia I'd feel when it's night for many months in a row! So I'm curious, what was your day to day like? Are most people related there? Does everyone know each other? What did you do for fun?
крест Лапотников interesting. I asked about people being related cause in the same documentary video that I saw with the police officer, they also interviewed a teacher who said that most of her students were her family members. Which worried me that at some point incest must be a thing there.
@poopoo sprinkle i still feel bad for them knowing you live in such a miserable place when there is so much better looking and better places to live then on a cold pile of dirt in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no sunlight, this place is a dump and you damn well know it!
As a half Polynesian- half caucasian living here in Barrow, I have to say, it's not really a place I want to stay. Living here for about 4 years has been way different than living down in the lower 48 . Yes, it's pretty cold here all year long, but in the summer it gets pretty warm. it was about 60 degrees last week and today it was about 55 degrees and very sunny. The population here is mostly alaska natives but there are other cultures here too, there are a lot of filipinos, polynesians, caucasians and african americans. There are also parks here for kids to play at, a Wells Fargo bank, a hotel, apartments, 1 grocery store and 3 other stores, 5 restaurants, an indoor pool at the high school, a middle school, an elementary, school buses to pick up and drop off the kids at school, a post office and so much other things. Seeing the comments frustrates me so much, how can you judge a place if you've never spent at least a whole year there or at least ACTUALLY go to barrow before you guys start to judge, because most of these clips were taken in the summer when it's really muddy, however in the winter it's actually very pretty, but overall this really isn't a place to live if you like the warm weather, like me.
lmaooo lol deym, there are filipinos too? Man! Where in the world now that filipinos cant go? Lol, i thought chinese are only ones that spread like sh*t
- king- Ummm, who is telling you this stuff? This is hilarious. "Anthropology. of, constituting, or characteristic of a race of humankind native to Europe, North Africa, and southwest Asia and classified according to physical features -used especially in referring to persons of European descent having usually light skin pigmentation" - Merriam-Webster
@@ohwolftime Why do you live there? I live in the snowiest city in the continental US and everyone feels like shit during the 5 months of winter we get. I couldn't imagine not getting a break from it...
@@Rockscod What city is that Rock? I live near Sydney where we get about 3 months of cool weather a year and the rest warm or hot. 5 months of winter sounds good to me.
Just got back from a week in Utqiagvik Alaska. Majority of this video is still quite accurate. There is one gas station there, 5.80 per gallon for regular, which now seems like a bargain if your are from California. As others have stated in the comments, there is one paved road directly in front of the airport. Why did I visit??? My wife is a manager at the Samuel Simmons memorial hospital. She has worked there for almost a year and has an unbelievable compensation package. Also, Mayor Brower was on my flight from Anchorage to Utqiagvik! And yes, the WiFi is still horrible!!!
I just love you and your videos man, To believe that you took the time and effort to fly to Barrow just so you could explain it to us means a whole lot to us! Thank you 😊
@@Michal-mc6co No? Learn about your country. in 2018 alaska was .6 suicide per 100k people less than montana, the number one state. in 2019 alaska became the state with the hioghest adolescent suicide rate. are you unaware with the connection between sunlight and a well functioning body/brain? never heard of seasonal depression? cold making people miserable? are you just dumb? No? learn about your country.
@@Michal-mc6co Our point is that you said this without double checking, also you said "learn about your country" after doing no research about it and then get angry when someone else uses the same term before checking their fact. Also there's a correlation between low density and high suicide rates. Note: do not take my information as facts as I am not sure, don't quote me on my info, don't make fun of any grammatical errors or typos its late at night.
@@Shanaoh Not sure how you came to this conclusion. Lethality rate doesn't rise with time, at least as long as the healthcare system is not overwhelmed. The death tool is rising, yes, but the amount of sick who don't die rises even faster, and then there are people who have recovered.
My husband and I lived in Barrow from 2006-2008, I as an ER RN and he taught Math. We loved it and came back as travel RN’s in 2019. I’m still in contact with my buddies there. Beautiful land and Beautiful people.
I live in barrow and we have WiFi now and it costs me 575 a month for just internet. Luckily I can trade seal fat and otter whiskers for payment if we come up short.
I actually live in Barrow, it gets REALLY REALLY cold during winter, and sometimes fall. Fall is when it starts to get colder but now it seems to be getting colder quicker than normal. I was raised here for almost half my life, although I’m not a native to Barrow. I’ve learned the Iñupiaq language three times in elementary school, but decided not to learn anymore. I’m currently in middle school and having a good time here, it’s a nice place for tourists to take a look at how Barrow is very unique in its own way.
I grew up in Alaska in the 60's. I think of it as the city before the Earthquake , money that came in from the federal government after the quake to rebuild, and then Oil Money that totally changed it when oil companies came in the early 70's. I think Barrow is probably alot like Anchorage in 1961.
I was at Barrow in 1970 as part of a Navy detachment from NavCommSta Kodiak. We were attached to the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory and operated a small HF communications station to communicate with two Coast Guard ice-breakers operating in the Arctic Ocean. The funny part was that we weren't supposed to tell anyone that we were Navy; we wore Air Force parkas and Army wool clothing. We worked in a small building identified as a NARL Field Lab, but drove around in an International Travelall with the word NAVY in three-foot letters on the side.
There is no contradiction at all. Not one city in America is not supplied in that way. Go to a grocery store and find anything grown or manufactured in that city! The grapes I buy in Barrow are grown in the same location as the grape everyone else in America buys. That happens to be from several locations around the world as the seasons change! But Barrow is unique because if it was cutoff from the rest of the world it would survive. Imagine other American cities, in particular the large cities like Los Angeles or New York. Those would be major disaster areas with millions of deaths.
I lived and worked in Barrow, AK. Was my Artic adventure before I was to old to appreciate it. Very expensive, but wages make up for it in some ways. It feels like you are living in a foreign country.
While a lot of that stuff is expensive, a majority of people who live in Alaska, especially in small, remote towns in northern Alaska, live a majority subsistence lifestyle. They hunt, fish, and farm for their food, build things themselves, fix their own cars/snow machines, etc. If they can't do something themselves they usually trade food/supplies for the work. So, any money they do make doesn't need to be spent on all that stuff, and instead they can spend it on the things they can't make themselves like that toilet paper or toothpaste etc.
Have you guys never used analogical extension before or are you just fucken idiots? When someone says the newbie at work is a bit "green" do you look at him and say "looks beige to me"?
People don't realize how huge Alaska is, compared to any other U.S. state. Alaska is 1/5 the size of the other 49 states combined. Barrow is as far from Anchorage as Minneapolis is from Oklahoma City. That's why in terms of latitude and lifestyle, Alaska isn't one place, but a whole array of them.
Fun fact: An indie video game studio made a puzzle-platformer game based on Iñupiat mythology, developed in partnership with them. It's pretty good, and the concept of turning cultural stories into video games is pretty neat. It's called "Never Alone."
We lived here during the last ice age, we'll live here when the oil dries up, and we'll still be here when the next ice age hits, we are only about 100-150 years removed from the stone age
There are large parts of the community that practice a mix of subsistence and modern lifestyle. Whales, walrus, seals, fish, caribou, migratory birds, and some edible plants are harvested throughout the year.
You can fish, eat seals, eat bears, eat bird eggs, etc. Wonder why there are no green houses to grow food in the inside? 117 years ago, there were no planes to delivering supplies.
I visited Barrow this summer... the locals told us that “amazon changed their lives.” Prime takes 1-2 weeks but they can get many supplies (diapers and dry foods) cheaper.
I love Barrow, (Uqtiavik?) and have spent two 2 week stays there. The local native Inuit Americans are wonderful people who are very welcoming to visitors. I had the great honor to be invited to a locals home for dinner, invited to a native food pot luck, and participated in a blanket toss during the annual whale hunt celebration. Patriotic and proud Americans they have been well represented in our military and they are great Americans. We should remember our far north neighbors often and support them with our adventure travel dollars.
From what I've seen, flat earthers believe the sun moves like a spotlight around the earth. Places lit up are experiencing daytime, and places without the spotlight on them are experiencing nighttime. So yeah, that doesn't explain how Barrow can be 1 hour ahead of California, and yet experience never-ending sunlight in the summer while California gets regular sunsets. Must be a weird ass shaped spotlight.
Narrator: Spends 6 minutes explaining how Barrow is the exact opposite of self-sustaining. Also Narrator: "Barrow is a completely self-sustaining city."
He failed to mention that the local population has plenty of wildlife in the area to subsist on. What is also missing in this article is the fact that Barrow sits on top of a huge natural gas pocket. So if the planes stopped comming, there are always caribou, whales, seals and sea lions to feed on and you have natural gas for heating. So to some degree Barrow could become self sustaining.
people should really educate themselves before they make these kind of statements. people here in utqiagvik rely on the cultural hunting than the tunik food. we store tons of food that we hunt, when we catch a whale we make sure everyone gets a share of it, we also don’t sell the cultural food we give here, iñupiaq food is completely free to the community members when given out at the whaling festival (nalukataq)
Thank you for sharing this information and I hope you know how much I appreciate it. Twenty years ago I biked 360 miles across Alaska in four days during the summer and I was in awe of the state.
I visited Barrow in the late 1990s. Kids played outside at 3:00 am in August. Many residents had meat and animal skins hanging outside to dry. No trees or hills. Gravel beach with lots of jellyfish in the water close to shore. Very interesting trip.
As a kid in Anchorage in the 60's we often went out to swing at 3am. I loved the summers but the winters were brutal back then. We would go skiing when it was 40- with the wind chill factor. You could only go down the hill once before coming in to get warm. Kids these days are such whimps!
Watching this I was thinking that the town didn't look all that different from when I was there in '86, maybe a bit larger. Then the shots of the airport.... that grew *enormously*. When I was there people were still excited to see airplanes and the only larger ones that came in were military planes. The airport was a small thing and the vast majority of planes were bush planes.
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can't believe you traveled there for a video GG
Its really cool you actually went there! I think it makes your videos much better!
Sam, how do you board these specialized 737's, if the passenger seating is only at the rear? Do you board at the front still, and walk through the additional cargo hold? Can most Alaskan towns land a 737 now? From everything I've heard, its replaced many of the DC3's that used to service those towns.
Great video. I hope you can discuss your trip in more detail on the podcast!
Edit: Any plans to have Real Life Lore on as a podcast guest? :)
you went there with real life lore and second thought, right? why didn't second thought get credited too?
$15 for hand sanitizer and $20 for toilet paper. Barrow was truly ahead of its time.
I'm getting sent up there for my job tomorrow.
@@andrewb5149 How is it?
@@isaiahwoods5773 too damn hot at night I'm going to bed sweating, currently patching the runway, a family sized pack of tide pods is 50 dollars.
Oof
Lmfaooo
One thing about Barrow that will never go down in history books is a Mexican food restaurant called Pepe’s that burned down in 2013. The owner was Fran Tate who founded the place in 1978 when Barrow was even more ancient and still didn’t have conventional means of electricity and running water. She grew up dirt poor in rural Washington, had worked hard since childhood, numerous failed marriages, and never knew a life without constant toil for endless hours every day. She endured brutal winters, endless business debt collectors, having to worry about a warm place to live and sleep, unreliable employees, having to receive food on planes that might not be fresh, storage of the food, yet operated a homey, comfortable place to enjoy decent Tex-Mex. No alcohol and not as good as you’d get in California or Texas, but it worked and she did it for some 35 years never striking it rich. A great American hero and entrepreneur in my book!
Pepe's had the best Mexican rice and popcorn chicken
Cool story ..
Aaron Davis The restaurant industry will burn you in the long run if you open and own your own place. The place owns you if you want to make a living from it.
That’s cool!
Aaron Davis soon we will no longer have to slave away doing laborious chores for money. AI and automation are the future we will be left to do other things like art and making music.
Barrow, Alaska no longer exists. It has since been renamed to be Utqiagvik. The renaming happened 2 years ago, roughly 1 year after this video was made. Please upvote this comment so that the curious google map dwellers may find it.
It was renamed to what
@@RealityMFiction It literally says in the comment. It's now called "Utqiagvik".
Lol, in reddit we use upvote. In youtube we use likes. Thanks for the info and update
@@anon8068 how do you pronounce that?
fried pancakes I’m not entirely sure. If you google how to pronounce it, I’m sure there will be a video
I visited Anchorage for the first time this past May. My hotel was next to the Alaska native hospital. Checking in in front of me were natives from Barrow, who all had large coolers with them. After their health check-ups, they planned to shop for food -- before flying back north to Barrow. Brilliant.
In Chukotka, people also go to their capital - Anadyr, to buy some things or products that are not available in smaller cities.
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
Salam (Peace) ------------
Met a kid last name Oenga who lived in Barrow, Alaska when I was in US Army infantry basic training, Ft. Benning Georgia. He's never been to the lower 48 states. He joined the Army and next he was in pure Georgia summer 100+ degree F (37.7+ C) with a heat index reaching even higher. Felt bad for this kid because he dropped from heat exhaustion so much, we had a betting pool on when he'd drop again. Even the drill sgts knew this kid likely never felt 100 degrees his whole life, now he's "full battle rattle" (fully geared up, body armor, helmet, in pants and long sleeves, pushing his body to the limits in this heat? This kid was a beast and I'm proud to have trained with him. Rock Steady.
Lazlow Rave give my amends to him since i could never handle going to barrow with how cold it gets since im from texas where 100 degree heat is the norm
Prolly a good idea for the town to maintain relevance after the fields run out would be to have a training grounds up there. Like you said, your guy never felt such heat--
Well I'll bet you most ppl in the lower 49 would be put to the test up there about as much as Oenga was in Georgia. It would be a splendid way to get forces trained and conditioned for arctic regions and extreme biomes in general.
Just imagine guys falling out of line for snow blindness, heat rash, chilblains...waking up to their barracks door being frozen or snowed shut, or having to work on their engines in sub zero temps. Gotta respect people who learned to deal with things like that and then decided "hey, lemme sign up to fight for my country in what's for sure gonna be some land-of-eternal-summer equatorial nightmare"
The DOD has Ft Greely almost literally in the middle of Alaska and home of some record lows, it's where all the gear gets tested for cold weather readiness
Been there once, sadly there is no need for the same thing in Barrow
Lazlow Rave there are plenty of places in alaska that get way above 100 degrees.
Maxwell Jacobs according the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) the hottest it has ever been in Alaska is 100 degrees F and that was in 1915 in Fort Yukon. So if "plenty of places" means just one place? Sure, man. You got it.
I guess the “Dollar Tree” is the “Twenty Dollars Bush” in Barrow.
Booioooo
Theres a dollar tree oepening in my town soon
More like Twenty Dollar Grass Blade
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Why keep the frozen food in freezers lol just put it on shelves outside.
BEARS IS WHY
@@bufordmaddogtannen5164 MAKE A SAFE
Donovan Fausette bears 🐻 🐻 🐻
BiffTannen2015 shoot the bears then
then eat the bears
4Head LUL DUD
I find these towns interesting, yet at the same time the lack of greenery is so depressing.
The months of no sun probably doesn’t help a lot of people’s mood either.
The surrounding tundra is home to billions of forms of plant life. Some flowers which might only bloom once a year for an hour. The towns surrounded by edible plants and berries depending on the season. It's hard to explain to someone that never travels there.
It is a horrible place. No trees and surrounded by arctic swamp land (tundra.)
Would it be possible to have a greenhouse to grow produce?
In the summer, yes. And as long as anything you're trying to grow doesn't require sunlight, then yes, for the winter, too.
You could date a girl for 2 months, and it would be a one night stand!
Hahaha very good, A*
Noice!
this is so dumb.
LOL
Haha! Like that one!
I love how every video starts with something random, and then suddenly turns into an airplane video around three minutes in
I wonder if all conversations with this guy somehow become about aeroplanes
Alex Harris I think so
ATschTheCube airplanes/boats along with post offices
Reminds me of myself. I can talk about Aviation all day and if I tried, make most conversations relate to it somehow, hahaha.
it just shows you how much they have changed the world
If it's so cold why not keep the frozen pizza outside where it's freezing that Will half the price
This guy is going places
Because polar bears love Digiorno pizza.
Da_emperor 101 Animals....
I do, in the Winter. Problem is, if you forget about it, by the time Spring rolls around, it thaws out and spoils. The fact that anything stored outside in the Winter is quickly covered completely by anywhere from inches to several feet of snow, makes it difficult to remember where everything is stored outside. By the time the snow thaws enough for you remember it was there, it's usually already too far gone. Keep in mind, we may have a colder annual average temperate than most of the world, but it routinely gets into the 60s in the Summer. Rarely, we do see days of 80+ F as well.
Travis Atwood and of course penguins because those are of course up here
That’ll be $17
Oh, it’s delivery?
No. Digiorno.
LOL
ITS 4 FOR DELIVER SMHHH
17 minus delivery and taxes lol
@@vlz.matthew Alaska doesn’t have sales tax, surprisingly.
@@alinamaraki6080 oh
My son and I spent a week in Barrow in July of 2015. It was a birthday gift to me. People ask me why I ever wanted to go to Barrow. I had no real good answer except that I wanted to see a place that hardly anyone wanted to go to. And.... I intend to go back
My brother has always wanted to to there
Same, I just want to spend a month or two there just to experience it
I would love to go see Barrow Alaska
now they just need a sports team
It’s very similar to where I grew up out in Bethel. 5000 people, the 737 combos flying out of anchorage we were just on the SW coast so we had twilight for a couple hours in summer and light a few hours all winter. I always wanted to go up there to I used to really look forward to going there for a wrestling tournament when I got to high school (we played each other every year) and see it stay dark, sea ice and stuff. but family left when I was in 8th grade. Maybe I’ll make it there one day too
He never talked about why the town existed before oil was drilled on the North Slope. It's because it's on a peninsula that juts out into the Arctic Ocean, where whales would travel relatively close to the coast. This made whaling much simpler when the main mode of transportation was by Umiak.
Manufactured Reality No. No humans has a hyper-advanced stomach like that
@Evi1M4chine Caribou, fish and occasional summer berries. If you always eat your meat raw you'd get the heat-sensitive vitamins and other nutrients too. You don't need any special genes - many European and American arctic explorers, by learning from the locals, had ate raw back then and there was no harm to their active life, at least in the short term. The diet is high in purine, which caused many local elders to suffer from gout, but that's another story.
I'm almost emotional that I found this because when I'm bored at work I mess around on google maps, and this town has always intrigued the hell out of me.
Cameron Nathan me too!!! So cool to see this video. Thanks
YES ME TOO!!
Yoo I messed around on google maps too when I'm bored at work. Hi 5!
@Micheal Williamson a lot of white collar jobs have a looot of down time.
Cameron Nathan Lol! I live below Barrow a little bit, still above the arctic circle in a village called Shungnak. You can’t get jets here like you can go Barrow. The only way here is by bush plane.
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Mom: be back by dark
Me: Ok, see you next month
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> "completely self sustaining city"
> must import all its food
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Tom T. They use self sustaining as in money in - money out = zero. There isn’t any federal/state aid coming in, it ‘sustains’ itself with it’s industry, it doesn’t use anything more than it produces economically.
I want to know how those Natives lived for so long with no planes flying supplies in, and now they suddenly are dependent on it.
@@nherrema1 by killing whales and seals, which the federal government has disallowed, so they adapted I guess. Tough ass people though, that's insane.
Nate Herrema also the population density of native population was very much smaller.
Introduction to the modern world begets dependency. Kinda like a drug.
The mayor is also the city’s motivational speaker
he's done well with the urban architect consortium.
You don't lose your girl you lose your turn!
The thing is they are really from China and came over on the land bridge. The dinosaurs was the only things here and then USA got taken over by the Chineze and the Mexicans.
Steve Morgan 😂
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Yeah, you lost me at 15$ Hand Sanitizer.
Amazon.com rules on this case.
@@tenzackyogi1742 lol
P J same
He nearly lost me with "a bit unique,". What's the difference between extremely unique and a bit unique or very unique for that matter? Something is either unique or it's not. Call me pedantic but if he wants to be professional......
Soo Kymbo you are pedantic
Imagine living there in ancient times when the shoreline ice never melted and contact with the outside world had never been established. You would have no reason to believe that the flat, featureless sheet of permanent ice wasn’t just the literal edge of the world, like walking off into it would be equivalent to rocketing beyond the edge of the universe into black nothingness on a spacecraft.
That would suck, Polar Bears and no trees.
Ancient peoples were more intelligent than you're giving them credit for, these were people who crossed the Bering Land bridge thousands of years ago. I'm sure they learned quickly the earth was not flat and that they'd fall off. Only silly Europeans with imagination (I'll give you that) would think so. Even Africans knew better.
@@Jaxxon123 why you said "even africans"? Are they less intelligent for you???
They had contact with the outside world. They would travel South during summers to collect wood. Often times, they'd get slaughtered by lower tribes that thought their territory was being invaded.
@@Jaxxon123 You're an idiot that knows absolutely nothing about history and other cultures. Educate yourself before transcribing your verbal farts.
Lived in Alaska for 18 years...taught school in the Bush. Have been to Barrow a number of times. Its a great little community and the people stick together.
Do people have sex up there?
@@fernicusmaximus9282 ...if you have to ask such a fucking ridiculous question...your mama should have swallowed you.
I mean, it's so remote and expensive they kind of have to I'd imagine
Come to Brazil some day! It's the extreme oposite of Barrow!
@@Rafael-lx2xw lol so out of nowhere -- that made me laugh
I'm in Barrow right now and had to watch this again for fun. No more 737 Combis fly here anymore btw. I'll be uploading a twin otter landing in Barrow in a few minutes. Also, Barrow has Subway restaurant now too!
how much does a footlong cost
@@godfall1879 $14 for average sub like a Turkey. $15 for roast beef. Average cost of a 6 inch is $10. Chips $2.20.
why don't the 737 combis fly in anymore?
@@CLINT-THE-GREAT I have not found the definitive answer but maybe because there is enough traffic to fill a complete 737 with expensive passengers and Northern Air Cargo has plenty of freight to make cargo only flights a huge money maker. Plus there is Ryan Air Cargo.
@@lidarman2 why do you want to live in such a place? i hope you are making 200k a year
barrow 2050: renowned for it sunny beaches and warm weathr
Lol
I have a feeling that it will be underwater by 2050
@@nooneofinterest234 good point :P
If only Global warning was not a myth
@@thereisnopandemic Yeah all those libtards up in Barrow just been makin shit up about climate change lol
Who would’ve known that after 6 and a half years, Sam himself would come here once again to start Jet Lag S8
If you need an ambulance, they take you to the pier in a wheel barrow and drop you in the bay, to reduce the swelling.
But you can't Borrow a WheelBarrow in Barrow... it's too expensive. xD
@@BillAnt You can fabricate one.
@EclipseMT < True... just make it out of ice, so if they borrow it, they won't have to bring it back. lol
@@BillAnt xd
nextari hahaha
I’ve never met or seen a Mayor with such a lack of charisma. That’s how you know you can trust him.
You don’t choose a mayor with charm in barrow, but one that can help you stay alive past the harsh winter.
Well he is the son of Bowser and probably has been spending his entire life hiding from Mario in a frozen hellhole...
Comes from a prominent local family. His sister-in-law was mayor before him... until she was recalled for corruption.
@@TheeGrumpy I'm actually a bit surprised. I would've assumed corruption in a small town would be rare due to the fact everyone probably knows each other like neighbours.
@@urphakeandgey6308 that actually makes it more likely because people are more likely to look the other way for someone they know.
I think Wendover really likes planes...
TheRsBritain I like trains
TheRsBritain Theen?
I like turtles
I like trains
strange how many people are typing I like trains while i'm actually driving a Tra...*Dies crashing into oncoming train*
I grew up in Fairbanks, AK and I remember when our high school football would play barrow on their home field we would always take a dip in the arctic ocean before we went back to Fairbanks. Good memories! The cold doesn't bother you as much when you grow up in it
You would take a plane for a regular season HS football game? Wow lol
Hello ! May Allah protect and guide you to his light and happiness in this life and the hereafter, God bless, Ameen. Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time.
Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them).
Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy.
Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI).
Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad).
Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning!
Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them.
(19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad)..
Salam (Peace) ------------
@@dasdiesel3000 there are many small towns and villages in Alaska that are accessible only by plane. In fact, float planes are very popular, used often in the state, and Anchorage has the largest float plane "dock" in the world, Lake Spenard.
@@dasdiesel3000Yes, Barrow High has a turf field and has even won a state championship. So has their basketball team. Each away game is a 2-3 day trip by plane, as they always have to fly through Anchorage.
Completely self sustaining =/= all food must be flown in.
Economically self sustaining. No city manufacturers literally everything it consumes.
@@jameson32 None the less, that's exactly what "completely self sustaining" means. He just happened to say something that could hardly be further from the truth.
I'm pretty sure the local tribesmen hunt and fish so it's not like they need the flown in food, it's more of a luxury.
Pretty sure he meant economically. The oil industry there more than sustains the cost of logistics.
I stopped watching at that point too and did a quick scroll here to see if I was alone lol
"Why the northernmost town in America exists"
My first thought: Because some town has to be the northernmost .-.
Vero Super logical..!
Best comment :)
Dam you are wise.lol
Vero not quite. The northenmost point of the world is the Remote Polar Arctic; yet, no one lives there. No one can live there.
I share the same logic with you.
I was born here & lived in Barrow until I was 12, now living in Vegas I really enjoyed watching this!
Hannah jo u look hot
Bullshit
Hannah Jo hot
Hannah Jo: The difference between Barrow & Vegas must be like changing planets!
At least Barrow is not as raw and sinful.
It made you into a beautiful women
I visited Barrow in 1993. I spent two days there in February. It snowed daily and as I recall the temperature hovered around -32 degrees. I enjoyed Barrow's uniqueness, even with the bitter cold. No roads in or out. In the winter, Alaska Air or Ryan Air was the only way in. I stayed at the Top of the World hotel and walked the streets to see how people live. I ate at Pepe's, owned by a Mrs. Tate, and yes, if you sign the guest book you would get a Christmas Card signed by Mrs. Tate herself. Barrow has a uniqueness that one must see to believe. Very few people from the lower 48 have been there, but Barrow should be seen as it is truly the last Frontier.
I come from a rural Alaskan town, and I can attest that cost of living is really high, but I think you should have included subsistence living when talking about costs. I feel like at least half of what we ate was from land or sea. And you don't have to pay extra for organics! There's nothing more comforting than knowing exactly where you got your food.
Rin Bailey - as a fellow Alaskan and a guy who used to deliver freight via barge to rural AK (including Barrow) I totally agree with you. The fact that this guy only showed the prices of groceries and didn’t show the subsistence lifestyle kind of makes this video a joke. I feel like he could’ve gone to more rural areas like Diomede or St. Laurence island and could’ve gotten a more rural experience.
I'm sorry but I'm not sold.
Well, you can practice subsistence living in a place with a much longer growing season and still have access to 'normally' priced groceries. So with that in mind, it's bloody damn expensive.
Rin Bailey Nigga, Alaska still sucks nuts, and so do small towns.
Brilliant!
I spent a year and a half working in Barrow, in the latter part of 1998 and all of ‘99, with a 5 month stint in a village of 200 people, much farther south, Elim, which is east down the coast from Nome. While I was in Barrow I worked for Northern Lights Electric, and some of the projects that I worked on were the Fire Station, which was the headquarters for the North Slope, 18 duplexes that were a joint NSB/H.U.D. Construction endeavour. I also worked on the college and at various other places in town. Since there’s practically nothing to do most of the time, I delivered pizza for Arctic Pizza for the first several months I was there which was one of the worst and least gratifying jobs I’ve ever had. I would deliver to the same houses nightly and in many cases, say the tab was $39.75 they customer would hold their hands out for the quarter. Keep in mind that it was almost always below zero when I was delivering so maybe it’s just me but that seemed kinda shitty. Most of the people were okay but not all, and there were a lot of people with drinking problems, serious full blown alcoholics. You can always tell when people got their permanent fund dividend checks, or guilt money from the oil companies, because all of a sudden the town was full of booze and hammered people. The village switched back and forth every year basically from wet to dry, regarding alcohol. “Damp” means “allowed”, dry obviously “not allowed”. You can never buy alcohol in Barrow, that would be “wet”, when it’s “damp”, you can order from Fairbanks, usually from a place called “The Brown Jug”. Usually the switch came about because someone would get too drunk and pass out in the snow only to be found when “The Thaw” happens several months later and the more religious of the townspeople would demand a return to a ban, riding a wave of righteousness. It only lasts a year because they vote on it every year and people get over whatever happened and want their liquor back. The schools, including the college, are some of the most well equipped facilities I’ve ever come across. They have the absolute best computers and equipment for the kids which is wonderful actually and sad that it’s not the same throughout the “Lower 48”. The culture is ancient and the Inupiat people are some of the hardiest people in the world imho, they have to be to have called Barrow home for as long as they have. They are very culturally protective, which is quite understandable but also kind of hypocritical if you’ve ever spent time there. They slaughter whales and reindeer, yet a small percentage don’t cook for themselves nor their children but instead order out every day/night from Arctic Pizza or one of the other “restaurants” in town. There’s always bad apples in every barrel but the majority of the native Inupiat people are quite friendly, outgoing, very intelligent and proud of their heritage and behave as such. I don’t regret my time there but I’d never go back. Not even to visit. I can’t imagine what will become of Barrow once the oil money pulls out and dries up because they’re so used to getting whatever they want and need. There’s a dump in town full of broken down vehicles of every type, cars, quads, snow machines, and at least when I was there, no one was allowed to pick through it to repair their vehicles like you are able to elsewhere, even if you have to pay such as Pick A Part or something like that. They just order new vehicles when their old ones break down. It’s incredibly wasteful. Maybe there’s some reason that I’m unaware of for that but on the surface yeah, wasteful. I’m sure that once the money is gone the population will shrink back to pre-oil days and the inherent strength of the people will find it’s way to the surface given time, but the oil companies are heartless and when it’s time to bail they’ll leave Barrow in the lurch and not give a rip to how it will affect those living there. Luckily for the native population, as I said, they’re a hardy lot and they will adjust back to their old ways, for the most part, because they’re very serious and diligent about keeping their traditions alive and for the most part the younger ones are brought up learning both their customary ancient practices as well as modern western ones. For some though, the shock will be debilitating and harsh. At least they’ll have the close knit tight family of the tribe to lean on for support. I encourage anyone who has an adventurous soul to check Barrow out, because there’s not many places like it on earth and there are very few peoples left like the Inupiat.
wow cool story will definitely try to visit atleast once in my life
Very interesting story!
That's very informative, thanks for taking the time to write that out.
Good story. Thanks.
This comment is exactly what I needed, thanks
"6:27" "[Barrow] is a completely self-sustaining city." Yeah it only needs 100% of its consumer goods imported. Looks self-sustaining to me.
Robin Lu by that logic pretty much every person in America isn't self-sustaining
Rey Mustayne From the Merriam-Webster dictionary "maintaining or able to maintain oneself or itself by independent effort". Requiring 100% of its good being imported isn't even remotely close to this definitely of "independent effort"
Ordan O You're right, but some places at least make a few things, not literally nothing.
Dustin Wampler You are correct but Barrow has to be at the bottom of the list when it comes to being even close to being self-sustaining.
I don't see how I'm dishonest. The first definition is the most common one and I'm not going to go through literally every definition and review it. Also, even the second definition doesn't work here because even in the video he says that the oil industry is slowing down... so it isn't self-sustaining even from that standpoint. You're calling me out for using the definition and ideology that I subscribe to, but you're doing exactly that. Quite the hypocrite.
The oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the New World is Point Hope Alaska, called Tikigaq in the local language. It has been a town for 15,000 years. Barrow is slightly younger, but only slightly.
And 737 combis are no longer used by Alaska Airlines.
The mayor seems like a really chill guy. No pun intended
He's really cool, espesually during winter! Get it? :D
Hadzic Rae Nobody cooler than Mayor Rob Ford. Miss the fat coke head alcoholic. On a serious note, wish him peace in the after life.
Yeah but he sure froze a lot when asked difficult questions. Also when not being asked difficult questions
He is better than our old one.
@@AKNativ :
Might be true, might not. But George was the last really intelligent mayor of the NSB.
I’ve always wondered what it’s like beyond the wall
Valar Morghulis
That's some Pink Floyd shit right there bro
@Patrick Leabo He is referring to Game of Thrones
@@jimthvac100 love GOT but prefer the Pink Floyd refrence
Well done. Well done indeed.
6:24, I don't think "self sustaining" is correct considering they have to fly in all their produce
Louis Auto But they can afford it. That's what it meant.
You do not have to have produce to live. There are many foods that are luxury item and not at all needed. In Japan, the price of a melon is a thousand USD. I buy it for $2. Can I live without it? Bet your ass I can.
No it's just that 60% of the population inupiat people don't rely on grocery stores for food.
Alex Wang ^^. I don't know wtf he was thinking.
That's not true whatsoever, I'm from Nome, Alaska and have been to barrow and may remote villages dozens of times. They're like you, living in square houses and getting their food from the store. literally less than 1/3 of the population provides somewhat for themselves. As a white person I participate in many more "native" activities than most ever will. I've never bought meat or fish in my life as I provide it all for myself.
Success usually comes to those who are too busy looking for it.
Very true.
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i been to Barrow once, '71 or so. it used to be called Point Barrow.
As an Alaskan, I truly appreciated this video. I've been a long time subscriber to Wendover and I love your videos. Only small point of correction to your video, the residents of Barrow recently voted to change the name of their town back to the original Inupiaq name of Utqiagvik
Pronunciation?
Oot-key-uh-vik..... I think
+Sincerelyy Eccentric As its spelt.
Why a "q" instead of a "k?"
Sincerelyy Eccentric in oooo p ak
"Oh my God, Karen, you can't just ask a town why they exist..."
Lnao 😂
Lmfaooo
Just found your channel and this video. My brothers, my father, and I took a trip to Alaska back in 2017, in August after this video was orignally posted. As part of the trip we flew up to Barrow for a visit, staying at the Top of the World Hotel, which I assume is where you stayed too! Me and a couple of my brothers did the Polar Bear Plunge challenge there in the Artic Ocean. Such an interesting way of life up there. Would definitely want to make it back again some time.
$17.00 frozen pizza? $20.00 toilet paper $15.00 hand sanitizer?
I think I'm in the wrong line of work. I need to be a toilet paper smuggler to the north! lmao
Only Davos Seaworth could do that
@Laura 01 shit .. In my country a big watermelon costs about 0.5 dollars . I think I found my new project hhh exporting watermelons to Alaska
محمد الامازيغي المغربي watermelons cost about 6 dollars here on the west coast of america
All three of those items are connected in time too. I'll let you figure out the order in which they were used that night.
Laura 01 how much people earn there??
Back in 2020, This is still one of my favorite, and I thing best videos on all TH-cam! Cheers from Japan!
Cheers from Canada
cheers from Arkansas
Tank yoooooo vewwwwy mach
Cheers from the uae and egypt (I'm Egyptian but live in the uae)
O-sutararia kara arigatou
To cold for me and I can’t afford The toilet paper
Don't need for toilet paper, Turd will freeze upon existing the the anal cavity.
*Too
eddie san And when it unfreezes ? Yeah shit preserved is t a great site
betting you from the lower 48
Jesus, man! Just use a seal flipper!
My girlfriend and I spent a couple of days in Barrow in march of 2007. We stayed in the Top of the World hotel, about 50 feet from the frozen Arctic Ocean. It was the most desolate place imaginable. It was like visiting Mars.
That would be the place to move if you have a really pretty girlfriend that is getting hit on on all the time. She wouldn't have many options or people hitting on her over there lol
Go to the Gobi Desert….more like Mars
3:41 That hand sanitizer is $1 at my local Dollar Tree.
Great coincidence! I paused the video to read some comments without knowing what time I paused it and I read yours that says 3:41 so I came back to the video to see what you were talking about and haha I was just on the 3:41 and I don't need to swipe to see it hehe.
@EricaYE6 ~ Well I guess that's one store you won't see in Barrow,
they got a $100 Dollar tree
Do you live in barrow if not i dont give a fuck
@@kingofheartsxyz underrated comment 😂😂
My grandpa and grandma live here. Pretty sure their ambulances are small planes instead of cars. Nice place with nice people!
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Damn let me slide in
“Relies on air deliveries for food and supplies” 5 minutes later “completely self-sustaining”
Well, economically speaking they sustain those shipments and don't require external aid to pay for the food and other things they import. I guess no city is truly self sustaining in a material sense, they're too population dense to possibly grow enough food within their limits. I do wonder if anyone has thought about building a greenhouse in this town though, plenty of sunlight in summer!
Hpr1993 Thank you. I caught this too.
@Alexander Franke Trump: That's it! No more free meals!
Some Gov official six months later: Well, we haven't heard from that "borrow" thing for four months, they must be pretty upset that we told them not to expect govnment handouts, doesn't matter, we're gonna go in next year and collect all the taxes.
Hpr1993 He means the town makes more money than it takes. It’s not a drain on the American economy, unlike say, the state the Mississippi.
@@revenevan11 they do require external aid . So tired of people not doing their research and spewing factually wrong garbage
Barrow resident. Love seeing these. Hope you enjoyed your stay
You live in Barrow?? You are one tough lady
I wonder how long my amazon package will take to ship to barrow.
Americo Hagim two days
Chris Ayala, really?
@@thefloorcareguys 2 days in Barrow is 1 year in the rest of the world, right?
@@abhishekvp7054 Well its summer in Barrow now so that's 65 days just for the first day.
Joe McKim the town has been renamed to Utqiagvik
Wonder how fast Amazon Prime gets there
To get to Alaska's largest city (~300K) Anchorage, it can easily take two/three weeks. That's why I stopped my subscription, my first packages would arrive just after a week but it kept getting worse and worse.
Brad Young, once it gets to AK just tack on one more day.
You can pay Amazon more and more for a faster and faster tier of shipping, but regardless -- it takes them 5 days to get it out the door. But don't get me started.
I live a small town in north west Alaska and it takes four to six working days. The fastest I've seen any package was three. Choosing to pay extra for faster shipping doesn't seem to change anything either, it may leave the warehouse sooner in the lower forty eight but will end up delayed in Anchorage for a few days.
I live in South Central, which is where the fast mail goes, and I think the fastest I've gotten a package was three weeks, and the slowest was seven months.
"It's a completely self-sustaining city..." Four minutes earlier: "...every ounce of food flies into Barrow."
have you ever heard of hunting?
@UCKLwVHXSVCFr2y6BnS4fBYQ we rely on hunting for food in the winter, it takes forever for basic necessities to ship up here, and when they do they're overpriced
Yeah seriously maybe if it was a hunting commune full of tents I might have believed that - this city as it is can never exist without airplanes and the global supply chain
I may be Yup’ik, but you are flat out wrong about the Inupiaq Alaska Natives, we have been here for thousands of years without modern commodities
@@treydock3089 That's right my Orthodox brother. You are the natives of that land
Barrow (errr... Utqiagvik) is a very interesting place. I few up for a "night" in the summer of 2020. The weather is harsh, the ocean is angry and there's not much to do but the scenery is breathtaking. You really do feel like you're at the end of the Earth. Being that far north is also a striking reminder that you live on a sphere.
So where are the airplanes
Edit: Nevermind, they're there
About 2.5 minutes in
+Wendover Productions
you have a Plane Fetish
Arjen_hoi Awwww sic!! lol
Dude a boineng 737 can land hare!!
bet the night sky is filled with all kinds of stars you can't see in a normal city.
Why do I have to live in a 1.5 million city...
крест Лапотников I have to ask... what was it like living there? Cause it looks so depressing! I saw another video where a police officer there said that the suicide rate was really high there. If it looks gray and depressing when it's daylight I can't imagine the desperation and claustrophobia I'd feel when it's night for many months in a row! So I'm curious, what was your day to day like? Are most people related there? Does everyone know each other? What did you do for fun?
крест Лапотников interesting. I asked about people being related cause in the same documentary video that I saw with the police officer, they also interviewed a teacher who said that most of her students were her family members. Which worried me that at some point incest must be a thing there.
Video didn't say anything about the Northern Lights. That's a natural remedy for depression.
jmwintenn i went to a village with 12 people and you could see like heaps of stars at night
1:50 MY HOUSE IS THE RED ONE
Hai qualcosa di valore in casa? Roba che si può rubare intendo....👍
Do the residents ice fish?
i feel bad for you to live in that shithole you call a city
@@ASSOOOJACK Careful, your ignorance is showing ;)
I much rather live in Barrow than any "city" in the lower 48.
@poopoo sprinkle i still feel bad for them knowing you live in such a miserable place when there is so much better looking and better places to live then on a cold pile of dirt in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no sunlight, this place is a dump and you damn well know it!
you'd wanna live in Barrow cos its real close to Santa Claus and you would be one of his 1st stops and you would get the best presents
Lol
Underrated comment
I just kept thinking WHY !!! But now.. it all makes sense .. ; D
Bless your heart. LOL!
Plot twist he gets you at the end of the night when he's almost made it home and all the good presents are long gone
As a half Polynesian- half caucasian living here in Barrow, I have to say, it's not really a place I want to stay. Living here for about 4 years has been way different than living down in the lower 48 . Yes, it's pretty cold here all year long, but in the summer it gets pretty warm. it was about 60 degrees last week and today it was about 55 degrees and very sunny. The population here is mostly alaska natives but there are other cultures here too, there are a lot of filipinos, polynesians, caucasians and african americans. There are also parks here for kids to play at, a Wells Fargo bank, a hotel, apartments, 1 grocery store and 3 other stores, 5 restaurants, an indoor pool at the high school, a middle school, an elementary, school buses to pick up and drop off the kids at school, a post office and so much other things. Seeing the comments frustrates me so much, how can you judge a place if you've never spent at least a whole year there or at least ACTUALLY go to barrow before you guys start to judge, because most of these clips were taken in the summer when it's really muddy, however in the winter it's actually very pretty, but overall this really isn't a place to live if you like the warm weather, like me.
lmaooo lol deym, there are filipinos too? Man! Where in the world now that filipinos cant go? Lol, i thought chinese are only ones that spread like sh*t
lmaooo lol Bitch come down to Phoenix where the summers are always above 100 degrees.
60 and 55 degrees!? I’m from Cali and that’s our winter!
- king- Ummm, who is telling you this stuff? This is hilarious. "Anthropology. of, constituting, or characteristic of a race of humankind native to Europe, North Africa, and southwest Asia and classified according to physical features -used especially in referring to persons of European descent having usually light skin pigmentation" - Merriam-Webster
Jean P. G. Small Dick White boy.😄😄😁😁
I live there.
The sad part is that the WiFi isn’t as good as the other places. Usually the quality would be 144 to 240
What's it like living in total darkness for like 2 months
Daniel Semi Same as always. Boring
@@ohwolftime Why do you live there? I live in the snowiest city in the continental US and everyone feels like shit during the 5 months of winter we get. I couldn't imagine not getting a break from it...
How much is it, 1000 dollars a month?
@@Rockscod What city is that Rock? I live near Sydney where we get about 3 months of cool weather a year and the rest warm or hot. 5 months of winter sounds good to me.
One thing to consider: vampires, vampires everywhere.
I think most people get this but so little give a thumb up.
But only for half a year.
@@LucasA84 I don't get it can you explain
@@BlueKhaotix The movie _30 Days of Night_ . It was filmed in Barrow.
@@zmbdog ahhh that makes sense. Thank you
Just got back from a week in Utqiagvik Alaska. Majority of this video is still quite accurate. There is one gas station there, 5.80 per gallon for regular, which now seems like a bargain if your are from California. As others have stated in the comments, there is one paved road directly in front of the airport.
Why did I visit??? My wife is a manager at the Samuel Simmons memorial hospital. She has worked there for almost a year and has an unbelievable compensation package.
Also, Mayor Brower was on my flight from Anchorage to Utqiagvik! And yes, the WiFi is still horrible!!!
I just love you and your videos man, To believe that you took the time and effort to fly to Barrow just so you could explain it to us means a whole lot to us! Thank you 😊
Starting to understand why alaska has the highest suicide rate in the country.
No? Learn about your country
@@Michal-mc6co No? Learn about your country. in 2018 alaska was .6 suicide per 100k people less than montana, the number one state. in 2019 alaska became the state with the hioghest adolescent suicide rate. are you unaware with the connection between sunlight and a well functioning body/brain? never heard of seasonal depression? cold making people miserable? are you just dumb? No? learn about your country.
@@firoza8994 My history? Bro im not from Alaska. And in 2018 it was not highest.
@@Michal-mc6co Alaska isn't a country
@@Michal-mc6co Our point is that you said this without double checking, also you said "learn about your country" after doing no research about it and then get angry when someone else uses the same term before checking their fact. Also there's a correlation between low density and high suicide rates.
Note: do not take my information as facts as I am not sure, don't quote me on my info, don't make fun of any grammatical errors or typos its late at night.
Imagine how much the hand sanitizer costs now.
I wonder if they have any cases...
They are so isolated doubt Corona a problem there
stephen Hill but If they have COVID, they will likely be only a few survivors or probably even wipeout.
No supplies at all...
@@Shanaoh Not sure how you came to this conclusion. Lethality rate doesn't rise with time, at least as long as the healthcare system is not overwhelmed.
The death tool is rising, yes, but the amount of sick who don't die rises even faster, and then there are people who have recovered.
My husband and I lived in Barrow from 2006-2008, I as an ER RN and he taught Math.
We loved it and came back as travel RN’s in 2019. I’m still in contact with my buddies there. Beautiful land and Beautiful people.
That's so interesting. How was day to day like? It's just so crazy not to see a lot of green; I'm not sure if I could live that way.
I live in barrow and we have WiFi now and it costs me 575 a month for just internet. Luckily I can trade seal fat and otter whiskers for payment if we come up short.
lmao
BRUH
I actually live in Barrow, it gets REALLY REALLY cold during winter, and sometimes fall. Fall is when it starts to get colder but now it seems to be getting colder quicker than normal. I was raised here for almost half my life, although I’m not a native to Barrow. I’ve learned the Iñupiaq language three times in elementary school, but decided not to learn anymore. I’m currently in middle school and having a good time here, it’s a nice place for tourists to take a look at how Barrow is very unique in its own way.
Cool
I grew up in Alaska in the 60's. I think of it as the city before the Earthquake , money that came in from the federal government after the quake to rebuild, and then Oil Money that totally changed it when oil companies came in the early 70's. I think Barrow is probably alot like Anchorage in 1961.
They have any apartment for rent?
They've got wifi up there? Damn
@@Nebulasecura sattelite?? lol
Many items are expensive, but they're having a sale 75% off on ice through next winter.
"Why the Northernmost Town in America Exists" - Oil. Saved you 10 minutes.
Yes this is all I needed to know😂
Another answer would be Inupiats
@Tsar redesign it's not on the american continent? Do you even map?
No I actually wanted to see the video and town, so you didn't save my time
@@garfieldt America bought Alaska from Russia back in the 1800s right after Canada officially became a country
I bet the Mayor is a party animal, given how energetic and lively he is...
The mayor is how more people should be like
@@DrJones20 agreed !!! !!!
It’s refreshing to hear someone from a culture where fake enthusiasm and aggressive friendliness aren’t the default.
my thought, was that he might be into opiates
I was at Barrow in 1970 as part of a Navy detachment from NavCommSta Kodiak. We were attached to the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory and operated a small HF communications station to communicate with two Coast Guard ice-breakers operating in the Arctic Ocean. The funny part was that we weren't supposed to tell anyone that we were Navy; we wore Air Force parkas and Army wool clothing. We worked in a small building identified as a NARL Field Lab, but drove around in an International Travelall with the word NAVY in three-foot letters on the side.
That sounds just like the US Gummint.
Estavam sendo usados pelo sistema, para realizar algo que nem vocês sabiam
Ahhh, the American government, See no evil Hear no evil Lie through your teeth about it
Cornbinders are badass! I used to have a Scout.
Why were you supposed to keep your Navy ID secret?
6:30: "It's a completely self-sustaining city" yet they have to have food and other goods flown in. I may be wrong but this sounds contradicting.
You're right, but I think he meant self-sustaining to mean economically independent. Technically wrong, but I understood his point.
He'd say prisoners on a cell block are in a completely self-sustaining area. They get food brought in on trays.
I dont' think that term would be correct either..they rely on plenty of economic trading to exist.
TIL New York City and Los Angeles aren't self-sustaining economies, since they would collapse without outside trading.
There is no contradiction at all. Not one city in America is not supplied in that way. Go to a grocery store and find anything grown or manufactured in that city! The grapes I buy in Barrow are grown in the same location as the grape everyone else in America buys. That happens to be from several locations around the world as the seasons change!
But Barrow is unique because if it was cutoff from the rest of the world it would survive. Imagine other American cities, in particular the large cities like Los Angeles or New York. Those would be major disaster areas with millions of deaths.
I lived and worked in Barrow, AK. Was my Artic adventure before I was to old to appreciate it. Very expensive, but wages make up for it in some ways. It feels like you are living in a foreign country.
Distance between New York and Poland is less than distance between new York and barrow.. NOW THAT'S FAR..
How does this have 131 likes, its not even true lmao
That's impossible
Hand sanitizer for 15 dollars, that’s ridiculous.
Digiornos pizza for 16 dollars, I’ll pass
Diapers for 22 dollars............sounds about right.
Why sanitizer?? germs don't wanna live in that cold of a climate hehe much love from ny
I don't think many babies are born here... Could be wrong
Carlos Hernandez that diaper bag is normally $10
Also that hand sanitizer is from the dollar tree I recognize the brand. Imagine that a $1.00 sanitizer for $15.00!
@@vincentlemoinefr my dad was in the 70s.
While a lot of that stuff is expensive, a majority of people who live in Alaska, especially in small, remote towns in northern Alaska, live a majority subsistence lifestyle. They hunt, fish, and farm for their food, build things themselves, fix their own cars/snow machines, etc. If they can't do something themselves they usually trade food/supplies for the work. So, any money they do make doesn't need to be spent on all that stuff, and instead they can spend it on the things they can't make themselves like that toilet paper or toothpaste etc.
Did you know it's possible to clean your arse without toilet paper?
Plans for the Creative Commons but disgustive
Just use your hand and lick it clean when you're done
Sam was there probably before Jet lag was even an idea. And now they're starting a season there, crazy!
"For many residents, it's been their home for thousands of years." Either you chose poor wording, or the residents of Barrow possess immortality.
consider this: vampires. for months on end, no sunlight to hide from
@@irisss1612 like the movie 30 Days of Night lol
Have you guys never used analogical extension before or are you just fucken idiots? When someone says the newbie at work is a bit "green" do you look at him and say "looks beige to me"?
@@AdvancePlays honestly these guys are dense
@@AdvancePlays - You simply just had to resort to foul language to express yourself. Tells us what type of person you are......
I've been fascinated with Barrow my entire life. Thank you!!!
Me too, I find it amazing that it can be dark for days and weeks at a time. Man would I have the best naps!
@@taten007 for sure!! ♡♡♡
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But you're too pussy to move there
I'm so curious about the local weed dealer...
Walktherails well its legal there so theres probably a good grow op there
Omegagon Grape yeah I have heard it's like 40 dollars a bowl
carolyn mmitchell ewwww weed isn't worthy a single penny, let alone 40 dollars
We don't have one.
not really a deal if it costs as much as cocaine..
I live in Wasilla, Alaska. I'm visiting Barrow this winter, to feel the extreme part of my state!
Wasilla is beautiful lucky
Im heading back to Kodiak in a few months
People don't realize how huge Alaska is, compared to any other U.S. state. Alaska is 1/5 the size of the other 49 states combined. Barrow is as far from Anchorage as Minneapolis is from Oklahoma City. That's why in terms of latitude and lifestyle, Alaska isn't one place, but a whole array of them.
Brian Arbenz with a very low population
zactly
Alaska is geographically an unimaginably large place, but it is a small and tight knit community too.
Yeah, but even anchorage is a freezing hell hole too
@@shaungordon9737 :
No idea why you have such weird ideas, but I suggest you stay away from paradize. Go, well, to some Hell of your own liking!
Fun fact: An indie video game studio made a puzzle-platformer game based on Iñupiat mythology, developed in partnership with them. It's pretty good, and the concept of turning cultural stories into video games is pretty neat. It's called "Never Alone."
YES! It's gorgeous!!
The mayor wins charismatic man of the year award
in Barrow, well yes he does !
Only at Barrow..with his big and deeper voice
I was thinking the same thing. Sure is energetic!
Leroy Spires death threats on the internet? Reported
@@captainsaveahoe aye aye captain
Great video!!!
I’m from Barrow. Lived there until 2nd grade
“It’s completely self sustaining”
“Every ounce of food is flown in”
I mean you kinda have to pick one
LMFAO
They meant economically. Technically, no modern city is self-sustaining.
We lived here during the last ice age, we'll live here when the oil dries up, and we'll still be here when the next ice age hits, we are only about 100-150 years removed from the stone age
There are large parts of the community that practice a mix of subsistence and modern lifestyle. Whales, walrus, seals, fish, caribou, migratory birds, and some edible plants are harvested throughout the year.
You can fish, eat seals, eat bears, eat bird eggs, etc. Wonder why there are no green houses to grow food in the inside? 117 years ago, there were no planes to delivering supplies.
Why not just Amazon prime everything? They have a post office.
toben42 coz not all products would be amazon prime eligible 😂
Not enough people there for it to be cost effective for Amazon.
The mail has to be delivered by plane...
I visited Barrow this summer... the locals told us that “amazon changed their lives.” Prime takes 1-2 weeks but they can get many supplies (diapers and dry foods) cheaper.
LiamEVideos that would be the only possible reliable way
I thought vampires wiped out all the people in Barrow?
They weren't wiped out. They were TURNED!😲
Those were it´s last vampires.
They stayed for the sun just to end the boredom.
LOL!!!! That was a good movie!
Nah, they shipped in enough garlic and crosses to keep them at bay.
I love Barrow, (Uqtiavik?) and have spent two 2 week stays there. The local native Inuit Americans are wonderful people who are very welcoming to visitors. I had the great honor to be invited to a locals home for dinner, invited to a native food pot luck, and participated in a blanket toss during the annual whale hunt celebration. Patriotic and proud Americans they have been well represented in our military and they are great Americans.
We should remember our far north neighbors often and support them with our adventure travel dollars.
Can flat-earthers explain how places like barrow have sunlight at 2 a.m.?
"Itz deh Jooz! Dey iz playin trikz!"
"Cause God said so."
Eric Strickland correct
From what I've seen, flat earthers believe the sun moves like a spotlight around the earth. Places lit up are experiencing daytime, and places without the spotlight on them are experiencing nighttime.
So yeah, that doesn't explain how Barrow can be 1 hour ahead of California, and yet experience never-ending sunlight in the summer while California gets regular sunsets. Must be a weird ass shaped spotlight.
EZT205 excellent point my friend.
Narrator: Spends 6 minutes explaining how Barrow is the exact opposite of self-sustaining.
Also Narrator: "Barrow is a completely self-sustaining city."
He failed to mention that the local population has plenty of wildlife in the area to subsist on.
What is also missing in this article is the fact that Barrow sits on top of a huge natural gas pocket.
So if the planes stopped comming, there are always caribou, whales, seals and sea lions to feed on and you have natural gas for heating.
So to some degree Barrow could become self sustaining.
people should really educate themselves before they make these kind of statements. people here in utqiagvik rely on the cultural hunting than the tunik food. we store tons of food that we hunt, when we catch a whale we make sure everyone gets a share of it, we also don’t sell the cultural food we give here, iñupiaq food is completely free to the community members when given out at the whaling festival (nalukataq)
@@remuslupinmybeloved8705 well how the fuck are we supposed to know that?
@@tasbhu764 Five minutes googling the town would have clued you in.
@@remuslupinmybeloved8705 Do you live there ?
Barrow has changed its name to Utqiagvik . I live in Alaska 🌎🏔
I'm left wondering if you can spell that phonetically?
@@unclemikeb I think you'll have to go there to find out but can't leave. Then you'll find everybody else is there for the same reason.
Everybody still calls it Barrow.
I am from Anchorage
"Utqiagvik" is the sound you gargle in the last seconds before freezing to death.
Thank you for sharing this information and I hope you know how much I appreciate it. Twenty years ago I biked 360 miles across Alaska in four days during the summer and I was in awe of the state.
Lucky it still does exist after the Vampires left
samspace81 You read my mind!! 😂
FUCKING MORON!
John Shomody don’t be rude
30 days of night..best vamp movie ever..in barrow
Kathleen Rojas : NOT in Barrow at all. It was filmed in New Zealand without anything at all about Barrow in the movie.
I visited Barrow in the late 1990s. Kids played outside at 3:00 am in August. Many residents had meat and animal skins hanging outside to dry. No trees or hills. Gravel beach with lots of jellyfish in the water close to shore. Very interesting trip.
As a kid in Anchorage in the 60's we often went out to swing at 3am. I loved the summers but the winters were brutal back then. We would go skiing when it was 40- with the wind chill factor. You could only go down the hill once before coming in to get warm. Kids these days are such whimps!
Watching this I was thinking that the town didn't look all that different from when I was there in '86, maybe a bit larger. Then the shots of the airport.... that grew *enormously*. When I was there people were still excited to see airplanes and the only larger ones that came in were military planes. The airport was a small thing and the vast majority of planes were bush planes.