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    Gates Of The Arctic

    National Park & Preserve Alaska

Outdoor Activities

Image of two wilderness travelers sitting on the tundra outside their tent.

Two wilderness travelers sit on the tundra outside their tent enjoying the midnight sun.

Don Pendergrast

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.

Did You Know?

5000 year old stone tent ring in Gates of the Arctic National Park

Reminders of an older time, remains of ancient caribou skin tents can still be seen in Gates of the Arctic National Park. More...