Well-known for its natural world, Arctic Refuge is populated with 45 types of land as well as oceanic mammals, varying from the bowhead whale to the pygmy shrew. Popularly recognized are grizzly, the polar, and black bear; muskox, Dall sheep, moose, wolf, wolverine, and the caribou represents the region’s unruliness. Thirty-six types of fish appear within Arctic Refuge waters, and 180 types of birds have been seen in the sanctuary.

Arctic Refuge covers eight million acres of the land, which consists of Wilderness as well as three wild rivers; Wind, Ivishak, and Sheenjek. There are two sections in the refuge designed for the Research Natural Areas. Because of its unique picturesque along with scientific features, there are even many rivers, lakes, a rock mesa, valleys, as well as canyons are been urged as National Natural Landmarks.

Possibly the most distinctive characteristic of the sanctuary is the significant ecological as well as evolution course of action is still carrying on here, which is without human manipulation or control. The main cause for setting this organization is to protect the region covering an uninterrupted continuum of sub-arctic as well as arctic ecosystems. At this point, one can navigate the throughout the northern region forest of the plateau of Porcupine River, meander northwards tiaga uplands, glacier-capped Brooks Range, traverse the rugged land, as well as pursue several number of streams throughout the plains of the tundra coastal to the estuaries, lagoons, as well as the Beaufort Seas coast’s barrier islands, every part of north without coming across to any relic of civilization.

The refuge covers the traditional mother country as well as Inupiaq Eskimos’ survival regions near the arctic coastline along with the interior of the Athabascan Indians.

Getting There . . .

Huge as well as wild, the Arctic Refuge has no road facilities. The Dalton Highway is a gravel road which has access into refuge through the western tip. The Arctic Refuge is a very isolated region. Be organized and equipped to face any problem that’s come in your way to reach refuge.  The most convenient way to reach to the refuge is by aircraft. You will aircraft from Fairbanks to Arctic Village, Fort Yukon, Kaktovik, or Deadhorse. You can even hire a smaller bush aircraft to get into the refuge.