Kaktovik, North Slope Borough, Alaska, USA

Kaktovik is a city on Barter Island along Alaska’s Beaufort Sea coast, west of the Canadian border. The community lies amid the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and has a strong Iñupiat heritage. It incorporated in 1971. Whaling, fishing and hunting contribute to local subsistence, while air service and freight transport connect the remote island community to other parts of Alaska.