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?

Mt Igipak seen from the headwaters of the Noatak River.

General Management Plan 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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2009 Artist in Residence Jing Zhou uses fellow artist Robyn Peterson as a tripod for her camera.

Call for Proposal for 2011 Artist in Residence

Gates of the Arctic announces the call for proposals for the 2011 Artist in Residence.
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Common Loon

The common loon has come to symbolize the vast, pure, undiminished, unspoiled wildness of the North Country. The loon's remarkable plumage and haunting voice have enchanted people of the Brooks Range for thousands of years.
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Bull caribou with blood red antlers stands in the crimson fall tundra.

Caribou and People

In Northern Alaska, people and caribou have lived in a close, intricate relationship for at least 11,000 years.
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Write to

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

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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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