The town of Utqiagvik, formerly known as Barrow, has a population just shy of 5,000 people. It is situated along Alaska’s North Slope on the Arctic Ocean and sits at 71.17 degrees North latitude ...

The town of Utqiagvik, Alaska won't see the sun again until January as it enters a polar night. Here's what to know about the phenomenon.

Photographed Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. (Loren Holmes / ADN) Located near the geographic center of the state, Fairbanks is known as Alaska’s Golden Heart City.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning around 4 a.m. Monday for the Fairbanks area, Eielson Air Force Base, Salcha, Goldstream Valley, Nenana Hills, Two Rivers and Nenana.

The Alaska Railroad’s Aurora Winter Train is running now through mid-May, offering weekend journeys between Anchorage and Fairbanks with stops including Wasilla and Talkeetna. In February and ...

Alaska experiences the shortest daylight hours in the country. In Fairbanks, sunrise on Dec. 21 is 10:58 a.m. and sunset is 2:40 p.m. — less than four hours of daylight on the winter solstice.

The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness. Think of it this way: By the time the sun rises again, a new president will occupy the White ...

On the winter solstice, which falls at 5:02 a.m. Eastern time Dec. 21, the sun will still be 4.7 degrees below the horizon at noon.