Anaktuvuk Pass

Looking northeast at Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska in the Brooks Range mountains.

NPS/Josh Spice

Quick Facts

Location:

Brooks Range, Alaska

Significance:

Final destination of the previously nomadic Nunamiut People

Amenities

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Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Information, Information - Ranger/Staff Member Present, Restroom - Seasonal, Trash Dumpster

When many people think of Gates of the Arctic, they envision a vast, remote landscape with no sign of human presence. In fact, people have lived and travelled through this land for thousands of years. Because of a deal struck when the park was established, today the village of Anaktuvuk Pass exists within the boundaries of the park. The residents of Anaktuvuk Pass are nearly all Nunamiut, the mountain Eskimos who traditionally migrated on a seasonal path between the Brooks Range and the Arctic coast. These nomadic peoples had a diet and a lifestyle that revolved around the migrating herds of caribou on the North Slope.

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