South Barrow

His party's last white federal lawmaker from the Deep South, Barrow had become both an institution and perennial target. He twice moved his home in the span of six years, from Athens to Savannah and later from Savannah to Augusta, after sly Republican ...

For decades, three natural gas fields near Barrow have allowed the largest city in the North Slope Borough to avoid the crippling energy costs plaguing much of rural Alaska. The production comes from three fields: South Barrow, East Barrow and Walakpa.