Gates of the Arctic National Park Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
national park of the United States
About Gates of the Arctic National Park
The park's name comes from a nature activist named Robert Marshall who, while exploring the North Fork of the Koyukuk River, saw two mountains (Frigid Crags & Boreal Mountain) flanking the river on each side and gave this portal the name "Gates of the Arctic". The region was first protected as a national monument in 1978 and was upgraded to a national park in 1980. The majority of the park is located within the Brooks Range mountains. Arete-topped mountains and glacier-carved valleys are the predominate landscape. There are six national "Wild and Scenic Rivers" in the park: There is little in the way of vegetation as most of the land is Arctic tundra. Mosses and grasses survive and bloom in the summer months. There are almost no trees in the park. Fauna include moose, barren-ground grizzli
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