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Noatak National Preserve
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Getting There

Noatak National Preserve is a very remote area.  There are no roads that provide access. 

Commercial airlines provide service from Anchorage to Kotzebue or Fairbanks to Bettles. Once in Kotzebue or Bettles, you must fly to the preserve with various air taxi operators. There are scheduled flights to villages and chartered flights to remote park areas. Summer access may include motorized/non-motorized watercraft, aircraft, or by foot. (Note: Traveling by foot in the summer would be an arduous, roundabout journey.) Winter access may include snowmobiles, aircraft or by foot.


 

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27 caribou, with tails held high, leave a gravel bar to splash and swim across a blue river on a fall day.  

Did You Know?
The Western Arctic caribou herd is comprised of about 450,000 caribou, making it North America’s largest. These “nomads of the north” travel through Noatak National Preserve twice a year during their long trek between southern wintering areas and northern calving grounds.

Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST