Editing Utqiagvik, Alaska (section)

===Depictions in popular culture===
Singer-songwriter [[John Denver]] visited the town for his 1979 television special ''Alaska, The American Child''.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

The ABC TV special ''[[The Night They Saved Christmas]]'' was filmed here and first aired on December 13, 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087797/locations |title=The Night They Saved Christmas (1984 TV Movie) |publisher=IMDb |access-date=December 4, 2022}}</ref>

Fran Tate, a local restaurant owner, was a frequent guest by telephone on a [[Chicago]] radio program, the ''Steve and Johnnie Show'' on [[WGN (AM)|WGN]], during the 1990s. She also appeared on the ''[[Tonight Show]]'' with [[Johnny Carson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-01-12-0701110434-story.html|title=Angel of the Arctic |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date= January 12, 2007|access-date=July 3, 2019}}</ref>

The town is the setting for a series of [[Horror fiction|horror]] [[comic book]]s titled ''[[30 Days of Night]]''. A commercially successful [[30 Days of Night (film)|film]], named after and based upon the comic, was released on October 19, 2007, followed by a straight-to-video [[30 Days of Night: Dark Days|sequel]] on July 23, 2010.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

[[Karl Pilkington]] is sent to the town in the second season of ''[[An Idiot Abroad]]''.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

''[[On the Ice]]'', a film released in 2011 about teenagers dealing with a tragic accidental death, was filmed entirely in the town, with locals acting in most roles.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

''[[Big Miracle]]'', a 2012 film starring [[Drew Barrymore]], is based on the true story of whales trapped under ice near Point Barrow and features scenes in and characters from the town.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

[[Stephen Fry]] visited the town and its people during the last segment of his documentary ''Stephen Fry in America''.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

In 2015, the [[NFL Network]] began an eight-part documentary series focusing on the Barrow High School Whalers football team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hiddenremote.com/2015/09/22/fall-tv-preview-nfl-network-presents-football-town-barrow-alaska/|title=NFL Network Presents 'Football Town: Barrow, Alaska'|author=Cody Schultz|access-date=May 25, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525165530/https://hiddenremote.com/2015/09/22/fall-tv-preview-nfl-network-presents-football-town-barrow-alaska/|archive-date=May 25, 2019|date=September 22, 2015}}</ref>