If you complete your AmeriCorps commitment through the VISTA program, you have an option of choosing to receive an end-of-service stipend of $1,200 and possibly a partial reduction in certain outstanding student loans.
The Metropolitan Statistical Area encompasses all of the Fairbanks North Star Borough and is the northernmost Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States, located less than 120 miles (190 km) south of the Arctic Circle.
Barrow, Alaska. Not to be confused with Point Barrow, Alaska. Barrow (/ËbÉÉroÊ/), known officially as UtqiaÄ¡vik (IÃ±upiaq [utqiÉÊvik]), is the largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska and is located above the Arctic Circle. It is the 11th northernmost public community in the world and is the northernmost city in the United States. Nearby Point Barrow is the US's northernmost point. UtqiaÄ¡vik's population was 4,683 at the 2000 census and 4,212 at the 2010 census.