It’s rugged and raw, challenging to reach and equally tricky to traverse, but it can also be incredibly rewarding. “It’s as wild and remote a place as you can find in North America,” said Peter ...

In Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge you learn the meaning of ‘alone’ pretty quick. Here’s what it’s like to explore the tundra. But by rafting the Kongakut River on the North Slope of Brooks ...

"Revoking the plan eliminates important wildlife and landscape protections and helps clear the way towards new consideration ...

Gates of the Arctic National Park Lillian journeys above the Arctic Circle to one of the most remote and least visited National Parks. In our series finale, she confronts the question facing its ...

"The Ambler Road to speculation is the last thing the people and wildlife of the Brooks Range need, and it is good see the Biden administration looking carefully at the actual costs of this bad idea" ...

As I sit in my window seat on the ice-class vessel Ultramarine, surrounded by Arctic mountains and sheets of ice, I’m struck by the uselessness of humans in the ecosystem. What is our purpose? None at ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Photographer Bonnie Jo Mount traveled to Alaska for The Washington Post ...

Visits to U.S. National Parks can be accompanied by large crowds and parking challenges rather than peace and solitude—so much so that some have started using timed entry or vehicle reservation ...

Despite global reductions in mercury emissions, mercury concentrations in Arctic wildlife continue to rise. A study published in Nature Communications by researchers from Aarhus University and the ...

Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve isn’t for the faint of heart. It’s rugged and raw, challenging to reach and equally tricky to traverse, but it can also be incredibly rewarding. “It’s as ...