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Deadhorse, Alaska




Deadhorse (near from Fairbanks , or by air via the Deadhorse Airport . Limited accomadations are also available for the few Tourists who venture this far north.

Companies with facilities in Deadhorse service Prudhoe Bay and other nearby oil fields, as well as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) which brings oil from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez in south-central Alaska. Facilities in Deadhorse are built entirely on man-made gravel pads and usually consist of pre-fab trailers brought up on barge or via air cargo.

Tourists traveling to Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay typically take tour buses from Fairbanks via the Dalton Highway , a two-day journey with an overnight stop in Coldfoot . During the summer months, visitors can access the Arctic Ocean during its summer thaw, as well as experience the Midnight Sun due to Deadhorse's location inside the Arctic Circle . (In winter, the opposite phenomenon of Polar Night can be experienced as well.)


WEATHER SUPERLATIVES

  • Longest day: 63 days, 23 hours, 40 min

  • ---Official sunrise: 12:09 a.m. - on May 20

  • ---Official sunset: 11:18 p.m. - on July 22

  • Shortest day: 1 hour, 3 min

  • ---Official sunrise: 11:42 a.m. - November 24

  • ---Official sunset: 12:27 p.m. - November 24

  • Longest night: 54 days, 22 hours, 51 min

  • ---Official sunset: 12:27 p.m. - November 24

  • ---Official sunrise: 11:18 a.m. - January 18

  • Shortest night: 26 min

  • ---Official sunset: 11:43 p.m. - May 19

  • ---Official sunrise: 12:09 a.m. - May 20

  • Highest recorded temperature: 83 °F (28 °C ) on 21 June , 1991

  • Lowest recorded temperature: -62 °F (-52 °C) on 27 January , 1989

  • Highest wind speed recorded: 95 Knots (109 Mi/h , 176 Km/h ) on 25 February , 1989

  • Official lowest wind chill factor: 28 January , 1989 - Temperature of -54 °F and wind speed of 31 knots (36 mi/h) gave a Wind Chill of -135 °F using the old formula, or -102 °F using the current formula.