Editing Utqiagvik, Alaska (section)

===Football===
[[File:Barrow-Whalers-turf-field.jpg|thumb|Artificial turf field for the Barrow High School's football team]]
On August 19, 2006, the Whalers of [[Barrow High School]]<ref>[http://www.nsbsd.org/schools/bhs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726072923/http://www.nsbsd.org/schools/bhs|date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> played the first official [[High school football|football]] game in the Arctic against [[Delta Junction, Alaska|Delta Junction]] High School.<ref>[http://www.nsbsd.org/site/index.cfm/1,51,412,html]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013132536/http://www.nsbsd.org/site/index.cfm/1%2C51%2C412%2Chtml|date=October 13, 2007}}</ref> Barrow High School recorded its first win two weeks later; the coaches and players celebrated the historic win by jumping into the Arctic Ocean, just {{convert|100|yd|abbr=on}} from the makeshift dirt field.

On August 17, 2007, the Whalers football team played their first game of the season on their new [[artificial turf|artificial-turf]] field. The historic game, which was attended by former [[Miami Dolphins]] player [[Larry Csonka]], was the first live Internet broadcast of a sporting event in the United States from north of the Arctic Circle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18697246&BRD=2626&PAG=461&dept_id=529073&rfi=6 |title=Pottsville news, sports, obituaries, and shopping &#124; republicanherald.com |publisher=Republican Herald |access-date=October 28, 2015 |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308042304/http://republicanherald.com/site/news.cfm?brd=2626&dept_id=529073&newsid=18697246&pag=461&rfi=6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since the team's formation, it has gathered a record of 33–24, and most recently, the team reached the semifinal round of the Alaskan State Small School Football Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/news/q3nQ5-BZHU657dXUtidCuA/alaska-high-school-football-programs-with-the-most-wins-since-2008.htm |title=Alaska high school football programs with the most wins since 2008 |publisher=MaxPreps |date=May 16, 2013 |access-date=October 28, 2015}}</ref>

In 2017, the Barrow High School football team won its first-ever state championship by beating the [[Homer High School (Alaska)|Homer Mariners]] 20–14.