NOME
KOTZEBUE
UTQIAĠVIK
(Barrow)
COLDFOOT
BETTLES
Nome, on the Norton Sound, is famous for gold
mining, dog mushing (it's the end of the Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race), and is the headquarters for
the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. Stop
by the Carrie M. McLain Memorial Museum to
learn about all three.
Head to Kotzebue to explore remote parks such
as Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Kobuk
Valley National Park, Noatak National Preserve,
and the world-class rafting rivers leading from
the Brooks Range to the Chukchi Sea. Learn more
about Alaska Native history at the Northwest Arctic
Heritage Center.
Come and dip your toe in the Arctic Ocean, if you
dare. The Iñupiat community of Utqiaġvik is the
northernmost settlement in America and the
largest city in the Arctic. This far north, the
summer sun doesn't set for 82 days.
Legend says that Coldfoot was named for would-
be gold-rushers who got this far and turned
back. Today, it's one of the few road-accessible
communities north of the Arctic Circle, and a
stopping point for drivers touring the Dalton
Highway and truckers heading to the oil fields
of Prudhoe Bay.
Bettles/Evansville consists of two villages with about
30 residents each. Though small in size, it's the
major departure point to many great adventures in
the Gates of the Arctic National Park, Kobuk Valley
National Park, and Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge.
F I V E
U N F O R G E T T A B L E P L A C E S
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