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Gates of the Arctic National Park

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Gates of the Arctic National Park, covering much of the Brooks range in northern Alaska, is one of the finest wilderness areas of the world. With a surface area of 8.4 million acres (336 thousand squares kilometers), it is four times the size of Yellowstone, and only slightly smaller than Switzerland. What is remarkable is that such a large chunk of land has remained one of the most remote and unspoiled places in the world. No roads lead into the park, and there are no trails or bridges inside. One has to find and earn his way into the tundra, immensely vast but still subtle in the texture and wetness variations of its miniature habitats.

The Brooks range is so vast that each of its mountains have a different character, however the Arrigetch Peaks area, a place of gothic black granite spires and pinnacles reaching haphazardly into the clouds, is considered by many to be the most spectacular part. Shosh Moalem and I flew into the frontier town of Bettles, then used an air taxi to be dropped off and picked up at Circle Lake. In eight days, we backpacked to a base camp near the Arrigetch Peaks, and explored three of the surrounding valleys. Our timing of mid-August let us admire the dazzling splendor of the tundra in fall colors. See also the pictures of backpacking.

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Aerial view of meandering Alatna river in mountain valley. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Aerial view of cliff and mountain side. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Aerial view of snowy Arrigetch peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Alatna River valley near Circle Lake. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Caribou antlers. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Bright berry leaves, boreal forest, Arrigetch Creek. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Tundra, valley, and mountains with fresh snow. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Arrigetch valley with caribou. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Boulders, valleys and slopes with fresh snow in cloudy weather. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Fresh snow dusts the Arrigetch Peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) The Maidens with fresh show and a thin veil of clouds. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Lichen covered rocks at the base of Arrigetch Peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Dark rock and moss, Aquarius Lake. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Lake II in Aquarius Valley near Arrigetch Peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Arrigetch peaks above pond in Aquarius Valley. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Stream and Arrigetch Peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Tundra and Arrigetch Peaks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Taiga forest and peaks with fresh dusting of snow. Gates of the Arctic National Park (Panoramic black and white) Tundra tussocks and Arrigetch Peaks in the distance. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Boreal forest in autumn. Gates of the Arctic National Park (Panoramic black and white) Tussocks. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Alatna River valley near Circle Lake, evening. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Boreal forest and snowy Brooks Range. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Alatna River valley near Circle Lake, sunset. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Brooks range, winter sunset. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Aurora and Jupiter over Brooks Range. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white) Northern lights over Brooks Range, winter. Gates of the Arctic National Park ( black and white)

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