Barrow 

Location 

Esatkuat Lagoon (2008-2009)

Esatkuat Lagoon is the northernmost freshwater body of water in the ALISON study sites. The lagoon is located immediately north east of the town of Barrow and to the east of the Arctic Ocean. It is only a short walk behind the middle school and is the fresh water supply for the towns of Barrow and Browerville.

Imikpuk Lake (2002-2006)

Situated immediately to the north-east of the former Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL), Imikpuk Lake is 5 km north-east of downtown Barrow and only a short walk from the Arctic Ocean. The lake has maximum dimensions of 690 m by 1000 m and a maximum depth of 3.1 m. The Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) draws water from the lake and distills it for sale. The distillation plant operator, Clayton Lambrecht, helped Tim Buckley and Martin Jeffries to establish the ice and snow observatory on the very windy evening of 6 November 2002. We are grateful to UIC and the North Slope Borough for permission to use Imikpuk Lake for an ALISON observatory.