| Deadhorse, Alaska |
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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
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