New Facility Update

This is the official site for the latest information on the Barrow Arctic Research Center (BARC), the working title of which was the Barrow Global Climate Change Research Facility (BGCCRF).

BARC Senator Ted Stevens and Representative Don Young of Alaska cut the red ribbon to open the BARC on June 1, 2007.
BARC Artist's rendering of BARC after completion of all 5 phases - courtesy of LCMF, LLC
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BARC Artist's rendering of the BARC 5-phase footprint overlaid on aerial photo - courtesy of LCMF, LLC
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BARC Constructing the new road & pad to the BARC
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Piling work in Late December 2005

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Information from CIRES in Colorado: Barrow Global Climate Change Research Facility: Topographic Analysis and Comparison to 1963 Flood Extent





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