Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska Destination Guide

Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska, U.S.A.

Alaska Air.
Larry's Flying Service. "The trip to Anaktuvuk Pass will take you across the Yukon River, north of the ARCTIC CIRCLE, past the tree line and to the northern edge of the majestic BROOKS RANGE mountains.

Visit the people of this inland Eskimo village. When available enjoy a pilot conducted tour of the school, the SIMON PANEAK MUSEUM, and store, where souvenirs, such as caribou hide masks, can be purchased.

Flying north you will see the ALASKA PIPELINE and the Dalton Highway, which is now open to the public north to the oilfields at Prudhoe Bay. You will fly over the Yukon River Bridge and the beautiful Gates of the Arctic National Park area. This mail flight may stop at the villages of Bettles and/or Allakaket, and, if weather allows, will follow the scenic John River through the Brooks Range between Bettles and Anaktuvuk Pass."
Wright Air Service. Passenger, freight, and charter flights.

Gates of the Arctic National Park. "By establishing Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve (GAAR) in Alaska's Brooks Range, Congress has reserved a vast and essentially untouched area of superlative natural beauty and exceptional scientific value - a maze of glaciated valleys and gaunt, rugged mountains covered with boreal forest and arctic tundra vegetation, cut by wild rivers, and inhabited by far-ranging populations of caribou, Dall sheep, wolves, and bears (barren-ground grizzlies and black bears). Congress recognized that a special value of the Park and Preserve is its wild and undeveloped character, and the opportunities it affords for solitude, wilderness travel, and adventure. Gates of the Arctic encompasses several congressionally recognized elements, including the national park, national preserve, wilderness, six Wild Rivers and two National Natural Landmarks. The National Park Service is entrusted to manage this area to protect its physical resources and to maintain the intangible qualities of the wilderness and the opportunity it provides for people to learn and renew its values.

Simon Paneak Memorial Museum. "The Simon Paneak Memorial Museum is a combination Local History and Ethnographic Museum, located in the village of Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska. It is housed in a handsome log structure situated on high ground near the northwest corner of the village, overlooking the community and the broad panorama of the summit of the Anaktuvuk Pass. Named in honor of an early village leader and respected elder, the museum was established in 1986 through the efforts of the entire community, and is currently operated by the Planning Department of the North Slope Borough."

Chapel in the Mountains Anaktuvuk Pass. "A small (Presbyterian) log church, deep in a treeless arctic waste, stands as a symbol of a newfound faith in God -- and of the curious fulfillment of an ancient prophecy."

City of Anaktuvuk Pass
P.O. Box 21030
Anaktuvuk Pass, AK 99721-0030
Phone: 907-661-3612
Fax: 907-661-3613
E-mail: cityoakp@astacalaska.net

Official Web site for the North Slope Borough. "The North Slope Borough encompasses nearly 90,000 square miles of Arctic territory at the top of Alaska. Our land is home to traditions born of a culture ages old. It is also home to resources like oil and gas, which have enabled our people, the Iñupiat, to enter the cash economy of the modern world with self-determination and an enduring respect for the survival skills taught to us by our ancestors."

Interview with Justus Mekiana. From Oracle ThinkQuest. "ThinkQuest is an international website-building competition, sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation. Teams of students and teachers are challenged to build websites on educational topics. These websites are published in the popular ThinkQuest Library and top-scoring teams win valuable prizes." To listen to additional interviews go to http://library.thinkquest.org/26020/.

No hotspots reported. However, there is reported to be Internet access available through the school.

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