North Pole The Ultimate Arctic Adventure
Canada geese, tundra swans, white-fronted geese, pintail ducks, and brant are amongst the hundreds of species of migratory birds that nest, feed, and molt in the NPRA every single year. The reserve is also house to spectacular terrestrial and marine mammals, such as grizzly bears, polar bears, caribou, wolves, and wolverines, as nicely as beluga whales, bowhead whales, walruses, and several species of seals. The 490,000-animal Western Arctic caribou herd is the state’s biggest, and the Teshekpuk Lake caribou herd, numbering about 67,000 animals, is a primary supply of subsistence for thousands of Alaska Native residents. In truth, even prior...