Q 01/05

Which line of latitude runs closest to the park's southern boundary?

A) The Arctic Circle

B) The 60th parallel north

C) The 70th parallel north

D) The Tropic of Cancer

Answer · why

A) The Arctic Circle

The Arctic Circle, at about 66°33′ N, passes a short way south of the park; the whole park lies north of it, making it the northernmost national park ...

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

The park recorded 7,362 recreation visits in 2021, the fewest of any US national park that year; by comparison Great Smoky Mountains, the busiest, dre...

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

The Brooks Range runs about 700 miles (1,100 km) from the Chukchi Sea coast east across northern Alaska into Canada's Yukon; the park protects its cen...

Q 04/05

In which year did Bob Marshall name the two peaks the 'Gates of the Arctic'?

A) 1921

B) 1929

C) 1934

D) 1938

Answer · why

B) 1929

Bob Marshall coined the name in 1929, on his first trip up the North Fork of the Koyukuk, for the pair of peaks he saw framing the valley like a porta...

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.