Wildlife in Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

Wildlife

Wildlife is abundant in this 8.4 million acre park.

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Wildlife Details

Wildlife is abundant in this 8.4 million acre park. You'll find creatures as small as insects and as large as caribou and grizzly or black bear here. Foxes and wolves roam the land while birds like the arctic tern fly massive distances to migrate here during summer. Small mammals include squirrels, lemmings and voles. Rivers contain whitefish, northern pike and grayling. Beavers live in lodges near the banks.

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