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Visiting Barrow, AK


Best fare found from New York to Fairbanks: $646

Traveler Advice on Barrow

3 Hotels & Accommodations

1 Thing to Do

6 Restaurants

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2 of 5 stars
Lehighton, Pa
Aug 31, 2008

I was in Anchorage on business with a day off. I wanted to do something different so took Alaksa Airlines' one day tour to Barrow. I didn't know what to expect. I had visions of a frozen snowy town...more

3 of 5 stars
Alexandria, VA
Aug 20, 2008

We took the Barrow Adventure tour from Northern Alaska Tour Company. It left Fairbanks at 8:00am (you can also fly from Anchorage), and returned around 9:00pm. Barrow is a pretty pitiful town, but...more

1 of 5 stars
california
Aug 7, 2008

took a day tour only why stay longer in the most pitiful place in the states!! tour operations just sold by alaska airlines and it could hardly get any worse, highlight was a mexican lunch at...more

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