Range Brooks Range Zip code 99721 Local time Wednesday 11:14 AM | Elevation 663 m Population 335 (2013) | |
Location North Slope Borough, Alaska, U.S. Weather -23°C, Wind S at 27 km/h, 44% Humidity | ||
Caribou skinning by raymond paneak anaktuvuk pass alaska
The Anaktuvuk Pass ("the place of caribou droppings", el. 2,200 ft.) is a mountain pass located in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in North Slope Borough in northern Alaska. The Anaktuvuk Pass is in the Brooks Range which divides the Anaktuvuk River with the John River.
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- Caribou skinning by raymond paneak anaktuvuk pass alaska
- Map of Anaktuvuk Pass AK USA
- Sustainable northern shelter anaktuvuk pass short version
- Climate
- Education
- References
Map of Anaktuvuk Pass, AK, USA
Anaktuvuk Pass is a village in the pass, the home of the only concentrated population of the Nunamiut, the only true inland Iñupiat group in Alaska.
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Climate
Anaktuvuk Pass has a Polar climate, specifically a tundra climate, but lies within the southern periphery of the climate zone, bearing some characteristics of a cold subarctic climate, but overall being a clear cut tundra climate, with the low precipitation being not much different than that of a desert. The village holds the June record low of -1 and is the only place in the United States to have recorded a subzero June temperature. Anaktuvuk Pass also has not seen temperatures rise above freezing during January or February. Summer is defined as the time period when the most precipitation is received, often in the form of rain, hence June through September. Meanwhile, in the winter, the village receives snowfall but not as much as places further south, such as Fairbanks; however, the snowfall in Anaktuvuk Pass persists much longer into the "spring" season.
Education
The North Slope Borough School District operates the Nunamiut School in Anaktuvuk Pass.