Article 2TJF2 Everything you ever wanted to know about America’s northernmost town

Everything you ever wanted to know about America’s northernmost town

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Caroline Siede
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The YouTube channel Wendover Productions took a trip to Barrow, Alaska to learn all about America's northernmost town, where it snows during the summer and everyday items are incredibly expensive because it takes so much work to ship them in (a DiGiorno frozen pizza can cost $17; a pack of toilet paper can cost $20). The town is home to just over 4,000 people, the majority of whom are members of the indigenous Inupia tribe. Since the area has been the cultural center of the Inupia for thousands of years, Barrow (known officially as UtqiaAvik) is one of the oldest permanently inhabited settlements in North America.

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