Alatna River Valley, Gates of the Arctic

Photograph by Michael Christopher Brown , National Geographic

Alatna River Valley, August 19, 2010 "I paddled across this deep, slow-moving river in my small pack raft," says adventurer Andrew Skurka. The Alatna meanders south from the Gates of the Arctic National Park .

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