Jonich 1953 Eslerino Notes Point Barrow, Alaska May 22 over the area of the narrow spit, leaving the washed gravel well above water. At old Point Barrow there is a gradually rising promontory of several acres; the peninsula is quite wide here as a map will show. The level here is about 10' above the sea level and is gradually being eaten away by the sea from the east, so we have a 10' bank of old gravel deposit with a foot or so of topsoil on it, gradually topping into the sea on the narrow beach below. It was here that the old Barrow Village lay, a modest assemblage of igloos of sod and whale bone, partly excavated into the earth. There were perhaps 10 houses, and no one knows how many more have gradually been washed away, for the cliff now has one old home on its edge. Nearby is an a house that is still functional. The fairly rectangular mound is about 4' high and 20' square outside, with sloping walls or roof, one can't distinguish, and an entrance at one end near the top, 2' by 4', outlined in whale bones.