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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Alaska North Slope (238 words) |
 | It may be that the Inupiat of the North Slope Region require 10 times the space as rural settlers; and, it may be that these settlers require 10 times the space as their urban counterparts. |
| North Slope civilization depends on native cultures for vitality, and those cultures depend on wilderness for their context and imagery. |
| The Alaska North Slope is the region of Alaska in the United States located on the northern slope of the Brooks Range along the coast of the Arctic Ocean. |
| Alaska's North Slope, Fall of the Wild - National Geographic Magazine (551 words) |
| Some 15 million acres (6 million hectares) in the middle of the slope, including the lucrative oil fields, are owned by the state. |
| With substantial communal lands on the slope, the 5,000 Inupiat scattered among seven remote villages and the town of Barrow stand to become the newest oil barons of the 21st century. |
| As is true of many of the tiny villages within the North Slope Borough, most of its residents now live in colorful cookie-cutter HUD houses and enjoy indoor plumbing, a diesel-fueled power plant to keep the lights and TVs on, a modern school, clinic, and fire trucks. |
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