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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Arctic National Wildlife Refuge High peaks of the Brooks Range near the Hulahula River, west-central Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Alaska, U.S. Firth River, eastern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Alaska, U.S., in the mixed forest-tundra transition zone. musk oxen Glaucous-winged gull chicks, lower Ivishak River, northwestern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Alaska, U.S. Seaplane landing on Blackfish Lake, southern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Alaska, U.S. Caribou grazing in the 1002 Area of the coastal plain, the northern portion of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge designated for possible oil extraction, northeastern Alaska, U.S.; the Brooks Range is in the background. Brooks Range caribou
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
High peaks of the Brooks Range near the Hulahula River, west-central Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Alaska, U.S.
Firth River, eastern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Alaska, U.S., in the mixed forest-tundra transition zone.
musk oxen
Glaucous-winged gull chicks, lower Ivishak River, northwestern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Alaska, U.S.
Seaplane landing on Blackfish Lake, southern Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Alaska, U.S.
Caribou grazing in the 1002 Area of the coastal plain, the northern portion of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge designated for possible oil extraction, northeastern Alaska, U.S.; the Brooks Range is in the background.
Brooks Range
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