Taken while flying north to Kaktovik, rivers large and
small braid their way through the Arctic Coastal Plain. The landscape
is flat and scarred from permafrost freezing and melting as the seasons
cycle. The Arctic Coastal Plain in this part of the state stretches 20
miles between the Arctic Ocean and the Brooks Mountain Range. Else where
in the state the Arctic Coastal Plain expands from 20 miles to somewhere
between 50 and 80 miles. This vast area is the birthing ground for hundreds
of thousands of caribou and other species including over 160
species of migratory birds.
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