Few things are more pointless than lighting fireworks in broad daylight, which explains why America’s northernmost town doesn’t bother with them on Independence Day. Why waste the money when the sun never sets? The 4,200 residents of Utqiagvik, Alaska, find far more entertaining ways of celebrating the Fourth.
Vlad Sokhin discovered this last year when he spent six weeks roaming around north of the Arctic Circle photographing some of the places affected by climatechange. He arrived in Utqiagvik—the town once called Barrow—on June 30 and caught the end of Nalukataq, the annual whaling festival that features dancing, lots of whale meat, and the blanket toss.
Most people in this small town earn a…
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