Anaktuvuk Pass, Alaska
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Anaktuvuk Pass is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 282 at the 2000 census and 324 as of the 2010 census.
A sod house in Anaktuvuk Pass in 1957
Dumpsters in Anaktuvuk Pass, painted with slogans that promote community values.
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North Slope Borough, Alaska
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The North Slope Borough is the northernmost borough in the US state of Alaska and thus, the northernmost county or equivalent of the United States as a whole. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,031. The borough seat and largest city, comprising nearly 1/2 of the borough’s population, is Utqiaġvik, the northernmost settlement in the United States.
Point Barrow Refuge Station
The Anaktuvuk River flows North toward the Arctic Ocean. Much of the North Slope Borough is characterized by vast, uninhabited gently rolling tundra.