Utqiagvik ANCSA village corporation (UIC); North Slope oilfield and government services.
Utqiagvik, AK 99723, USA
He fought the fire that destroyed his Kaktovik school. Now he's helping to rebuild it.
RoyRobert Fischer-Akootchook helped fight the 2020 fire that destroyed Kaktovik's school. Now a certified crane operator, he's helping rebuild it nearly six years later.

Utqiaġvik gets a new credit union branch, the northernmost in the world
Global Credit Union opened a full-service branch inside the AC Stuaqpak store in Utqiaġvik on July 9, expanding in-person banking options for North Slope residents and UIC's 4,200-plus Iñupiat shareholders.

On the roadless North Slope, the villages' winter road is made of snow
UIC Oil & Gas Support builds the Community Winter Access Trail, the snow-trail network that carries winter fuel and freight to the North Slope's roadless villages, amid tundra and subsistence concerns.

UIC just crossed $1 billion in revenue — a milestone almost no village corp reaches
Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation crossed $1 billion in annual revenue in 2025 — the first time in the village corporation's 53-year history
