Without roads, trails or formal campgrounds, Gates of the Arctic’s 7-million-acre ... and arid stretches of polar desert — all north of the Arctic Circle. Our family visited every National Park before ...

Alaska's remote location and vast wilderness ... or else just charter a plane to stop by for a day, a visit to Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve puts you in pretty exclusive company.

more national park landscapes could be at risk. Illustrations by Angeline Bandong. Case Study: Gates of the Arctic National Preserve The state of Alaska is pushing forward with permitting for a ...

Gates of the Arctic National Park, Brooks Range, Alaska. Patrick J. Endres/Corbis Documentary RF/Getty Images Related article The 15 least visited US national parks ...

What is the most visited national park in the US? Great Smoky Mountains is the most visited national park in America, by far. Last year, it drew nearly three times the visitors as ...

Peter Mather An oil rig in Deadhorse, Alaska. Ninety-five percent of the Arctic coastal plain is ... In the 1950s, the National Park Service sent Lowell Sumner, an ecologist and research biologist ...

Alaska is one of the best places in the ... flight over the Yukon River and Brooks Range, just east of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. You'll then land 60 miles north of the ...