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National park in Alaska, United States
Photo: Western Arctic National Parklands, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Kobuk Valley National Park is a remote, little-visited national park in Arctic Alaska, known for its wilderness, sand dunes, and caribou migrations.
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Paatitaaq
A bend in the Kobuk River where hunters have been hunting caribou for generations. Archeologists have found evidence of human activity here for at least 8,000 years.
By plane
Ravn Alaska ceased operations so you can only fly with Bering Air which operates flights to Ambler and Kotzebue.
By foot
Hiking from Bettles or Kotzebue is possible, but only for serious wilderness trekkers.
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Ambler · Regional · ABL
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