These are the people who successfully fought off oil development in the arctic national wildlife refuge. Air transportation provides the only year-round access to Arctic Village. Ice fog frequently interferes with air service in winter months. Local transportation is by 4 wheeler and snowmachine. Several residents maintain dog teams.
Arctic Village has a continental subarctic climate.
Winters are long and harsh, summers are short but warm. Extreme temperatures have been measured from -70 to 90. Precipitation averages 9 inches, with an annual snowfall of 52.8 inches. Water is derived from the Chandalar River, is treated and hauled by residents. Honeybuckets are hauled to a central depository, with a gravity line to the sewage lagoon.