Originally Posted by
A1pax
Many thanks, Gardyloo - much appreciated your views and suggestions.
Another question about visiting a town on the Artic Circle. Hubby's mother did a trip (from Australia) to Alaska years ago, she wanted to go to Barrow but could not because of the weather. Hubby wanted to know if Barrow would be a better place to visit than Kotzebue?
Arctic has two Cs.
And Barrow has a new name, Utqiaġvik. But whichever name you use for it, Barrow / Utqiaġvik is a somewhat dreary and depressing place overall. Kotzebue is as well, but less so than Barrow. I'd actually suggest neither and instead suggest considering Nome. While Nome is just south of the Arctic Circle, you usually end up stopping in Kotzebue on the flight there or back, so you can legitimately say you've been to the Arctic.
Nome is a remote, strange place full of odd people, but in a good way overall, and far less dreary than Barrow. Nome has bars unlike Barrow and Kotzebue. Nome even has 3 roads out of town that are each scenic in different ways.
One of the very odd, but great characters of Nome is the mayor:
https://www.adn.com/iditarod/article...er/2016/03/13/
He's a hoot and also does awesome tours of Nome and the area. Highly recommended.
Finally Nome beats Barrow and Kotz big time when it comes to puns you can post with your photos on social media : There's No Place like Nome, Nome is where the heart is, All roads lead to Nome etc, etc.