Brooks Range from near Galbraith Lake

The Brooks Range is a mountain range that stretches from west to east across northern Alaska and into Canada's Yukon Territory, a total distance of about 1100 km (700 mi). The mountains are not especially high, topping out at over 2,700 m (9,000 ft). This mountain range forms the northern-most drainage divide in North America, separating streams flowing into the Arctic Ocean and the North Pacific. The range roughly delineates the summer position of the arctic front. It represents the northern extent of tree-line, with no trees (apart from some isolated Balsam Poplar stands) occurring north of the continental drainage divide. Mount Chamberlin, 9020 ft (2,749 m), is the highest peak in the range. Other notable peaks include Mount Isto, 8,975 ft (2,736 m) and Mount Michelson, 8,855 ft (2,699 m).^[1] PD photo of Brooks Range near Galbraith Lake, collected from http://wwwndo. ... PD photo of Brooks Range near Galbraith Lake, collected from http://wwwndo. ... The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... Official language(s) English Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Area  Ranked 1st  - Total 663,267 sq mi (1,717,855 km²)  - Width 808 miles (1,300 km)  - Length 1,479 miles (2,380 km)  - % water 13. ... Motto: none Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Jack Cable Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Area 482,443 km² (9th)  - Land 474,391 km²  - Water 8,052 km² (1. ... In this view of an alpine tree-line, the distant line looks particularly sharp. ... Mount Chamberlin is the highest peak in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska in the United States. ... Mount Michelson is a high peak in the Romanzof Mountains, part of the Brooks Range of northern Alaska in the United States. ...

The range is mostly uninhabited, but the Dalton Highway and the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System run through the Atigun Pass (1,415 m, 4,643 ft) on their way to the North Slope and the oil fields at Prudhoe Bay. The Alaska Native villages of Anaktuvuk and Arctic Village, as well as the very small communities of Coldfoot, Wiseman, Bettles, and Chandalar Lake are the only settlements in the 700-mile Brooks Range. In the far west, near the Wulik River in the De Long Mountains is the Red Dog Mine, Alaska, largest zinc mine in the world. The highway and pipeline run generally parallel to each other; this segment is between the Arctic Circle and Coldfoot. ... Map of the pipeline The Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS), usually called the Alyeska Pipeline in Alaska or the Alaska Pipeline elsewhere is a major U.S. oil pipeline connecting oil fields in northern Alaska to a sea port where the oil can be shipped to the Lower 48 states... Composite 240-degree view of Atigun Pass. ... ... Drilling rig in a small oil field Near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 An oil field is an area with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. ... Prudhoe Bay is a census-designated place located in North Slope Borough, Alaska. ... Alaskan Natives are Aboriginal Americans who live in Alaska. ... Anaktuvuk Pass is a city located in North Slope Borough, Alaska. ... Arctic Village is a census-designated place located in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. ... Coldfoot is a census-designated place located in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. ... The log-built post office at Wiseman, seen here in 1995, has been sinking into the ground for the past century, and is now a couple feet below ground. ... Bettles is a city located in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska. ... Red Dog Mine is a zinc mine and a census-designated place located in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska. ...

As one of the remotest and least-disturbed wildernesses of North America, the mountains are teeming with wildlife, including Dall sheep, grizzly bears, and caribou. Binomial name Ovis dalli Nelson, 1884 The Dall Sheep (originally Dalls Sheep, sometimes called Thinhorn Sheep), Ovis dalli, is a wild sheep of the mountainous regions of northwest North America, ranging from white to slate brown and having curved yellowish brown horns. ... // For other uses, see Grizzly Bear (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Rangifer tarandus The reindeer, known as caribou in North America, is an Arctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ...

The range was named by the USGS in 1925 after Alfred Hulse Brooks, who was the chief USGS geologist for Alaska from 1903 to 1924. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Various historical records also referred to the range as the Arctic Mountains, Hooper Mountains, Meade Mountains and Meade River Mountains; the Canadian portion is still often referred to as the British Mountains. The British Mountains are part of Ivvavik National Park. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Documented Wilderness Traverses of the Brooks Range

• Dick Griffith -- Kaktovik to Kotzebue, Alaska (1959-1979) by foot, raft, and kayak: first documented traverse.
• Roman Dial -- Kaktovik to Kotzebue, Alaska (1986) by skis, foot, packraft and kayak: first traverse in one year.
• Keith Nyitray -- Old Crow, Yukon to Kotzebue (1989-1990) by dog sled, snowshoes, foot, and canoe: first continuuos traverse from Canada.
• Thor Tingey, Phillip Weidner, Sam Newburry, Dan Dryden -- Marsh Fork Canning River to Kobuk (2000) by foot and packraft.
• Dennis Schmitt -- Point Hope, Alaska to Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories (1966-2001) by foot and dog sled: longest and first full length traverse.
• Peter Vacco -- Bonnet Lake to Cape Lisburne (2003) by snowshoe and foot: first continuous foot traverse from Canada.
• Roman Dial -- Kivalina to Dalton Highway without resupply (2006) by foot: fastest traverse (624 miles in 22 days, 7 hours, 40 minutes).
• Bruce Nelson -- Yukon border to Kotzebue Sound (2006) by foot and raft.

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References

• Alaska -- Brooks Range Traverse
• Arctic 1000
• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge trek

Note

1. ^ Some sources (including the USGS 1:250,000 scale map) quote Mount Isto's height as 9,050 ft, which would make it the highest point in the range. Also, some sources quote Mount Michelson's height as 9,239 ft, which would make it the highest point; however this is far above the 8,855 foot figure given on both USGS topographic maps, so it is unlikely to be correct.