This story appears in the May 2006 issue of National Geographic magazine ... along with a whopping 90 percent of Alaska’s state revenues. Some 15 million acres in the middle of the slope ...

“We’ve got six million acres of mostly trailless lands where wild ... business in Alaska; Atkins charges $14,000 for an eight- to ten-day hunting trip. A frequent National Geographic ...

To explore Alaska’s wildest spaces—such as, the eight national parks and North America’s highest peak, 20,310-foot Denali—travel by bush plane, train, and boat. In this one-house town ...

This story appears in the December 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. On the North Slope of Alaska, the culture of the Inupiat centers on whales. Each spring, men and women spend weeks on ...