Location

Located along a wave-eroded coastal bluff overlooking the Arctic Ocean, Wainwright, one of the oldest North Slope villages, is 180 air miles north of the Arctic Circle and 72 miles southwest of Barrow, Alaska.

Air travel provides the only year-round access. From mid-July through September, when the Arctic Ocean is free of ice, transportation by sea is possible. An alternate and popular mode of transportation during the winter months is by snowmachine.