Q 01/05

The park lies entirely north of which line of latitude?

A) The Arctic Circle

B) The Tropic of Cancer

C) The 49th parallel

D) The Antarctic Circle

Answer · why

A) The Arctic Circle

It protects the central Brooks Range of northern Alaska and is the northernmost national park in the United States, as well as the least visited.

Q 02/05

How many recreation visitors did the park record in 2021?

A) 73,620

B) 7,362

C) 736,000

D) 362

Answer · why

B) 7,362

Its remoteness and total lack of infrastructure make it the least visited national park in the country.

Q 03/05

Roughly how long is the Brooks Range, which the park protects the centre of?

A) About 200 miles

B) About 1,500 miles

C) About 700 miles

D) About 70 miles

Answer · why

C) About 700 miles

It stretches across northern Alaska into the Yukon and is thought to be about 126 million years old; its high point is Mount Isto at 8,976 feet.

Q 04/05

Who named the 'Gates of the Arctic' in 1929, and what were the gates?

A) John Muir; two glaciers on the Noatak

B) Robert Peary; two capes on the Arctic coast

C) Vitus Bering; two islands in the Chukchi Sea

D) Bob Marshall; two peaks flanking the North Fork of the Koyukuk

Answer · why

D) Bob Marshall; two peaks flanking the North Fork of the Koyukuk

The forester and wilderness activist named the two peaks flanking the river as the portal to the Arctic.

Q 05/05

What is the name of the two mountains that form the 'Gates'?

A) Fortress and Castle mountains

B) Frigid Crags and Boreal Mountain

C) Igikpak and Isto

D) Arrigetch and Doonerak

Answer · why

B) Frigid Crags and Boreal Mountain

Boreal Mountain stands 6,375 feet and Frigid Crags 5,501 feet, facing each other across the North Fork of the Koyukuk.