Everything about Deadhorse totally explained
Deadhorse is a settlement located on the
North Slope of the
U.S. state of
Alaska near the
Arctic Ocean. The town consists mainly of facilities for the workers and companies that operate at the nearby
Prudhoe Bay oil fields. Deadhorse is accessible via the
Dalton Highway from
Fairbanks, or the
Deadhorse Airport. Limited accommodations are also available for
tourists.
Companies with facilities in Deadhorse service Prudhoe Bay and other nearby oil fields, as well as the
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) which brings oil from Prudhoe Bay to
Valdez in south-central Alaska. Facilities in Deadhorse are built entirely on man-made gravel pads and usually consist of pre-fabricated modules brought up on barge or via air cargo.
Tourists traveling to Deadhorse and Prudhoe Bay typically take tour buses from Fairbanks via the Dalton Highway, a two-day journey with an overnight stop in
Coldfoot. During the summer months, visitors can access the Arctic Ocean during its summer thaw, as well as experience the
midnight sun due to Deadhorse's location above the
Arctic Circle. In winter, the opposite phenomenon of
polar night occurs.
Weather
- Longest day: 63 days, 23 hours, 40 minutes (12:09 a.m. on May 20 to 11:18 p.m. on July 22)
- Shortest day: 45 min (11:42 a.m. to 12:27 p.m. on November 24)
- Longest night: 54 days, 22 hours, 51 min (12:27 p.m. on November 24 to 11:18 a.m. on January 18)
- Shortest night: 26 min (11:43 p.m. on May 19 to 12:09 a.m. on May 20)
- Highest recorded temperature: 83 °F (28 °C) on 21 June, 1991
- Lowest recorded temperature: −62 °F (−52 °C) on 27 January, 1989
- Highest wind speed recorded: 95 knots (109 mi/h, 176 km/h) on 25 February, 1989
- Official lowest wind chill: −102 °F (−74 °C) on 28 January, 1989 (air temperature of −54 °F (−48 °C) and wind speed of 31 knots (36 mi/h, 57 km/h))
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