Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve - Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)

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Wilderness Adventure

The floatplane disappears, leaving you on the lakeshore. For the next two weeks you must survive using the knowledge, skills and gear you bring with you. Traveling through this vast wilderness you will discover craggy ridges, glacier carved valleys and fragile flowers. You will walk or float through intact ecosystems where people have lived with the land for thousands of years. You will experience solitude, self reliance and nature on its own terms. Are you prepared?

2010 Annual Report

Learn about the work that was completed in 2010 at Gates of the Arctic.

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Mt Igipak seen from the headwaters of the Noatak River.

General Management Plan (GMP) Amendment

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve is pleased to announce that public scoping will begin for an amendment of the 1986 General Management Plan (GMP).

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Looking Closer

Take a journey of discovery down the Kobuk River in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

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Write to

Visitor Information
P.O. Box 30
Bettles, AK 99726

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Phone

Visitor Information
(907) 692-5494

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(907) 692-5400

Climate

The central Brooks Range has long, severe winters and relatively short summers. During the winter, long nights prevail, while the summer has thirty days of continuous sunlight. Visitors traveling in the park move through a variety of climatic zones and experience highly variable and unpredictable weather. Snow can fall during any month of the year.
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