Barrow, Alaska (co-ordinates 71°18′1″N 156°44′9″W) was the northernmost town in North America. The population of Barrow was 4,065 in 2006. Most of the town's resident's subsisted on seals, whales, and walruses for food. Barrow was destroyed in a massive fire in January of 2008. An busted oil pipeline was believed to have started the blaze.