North Pole is a small city in the Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. Incorporated in 1953, it is part of the Fairbanks metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the city
An August 2026 view of North Pole, looking north towards Santa Claus Lane
Frequently photographed "Welcome to North Pole" sign at the eastern end of Fifth Avenue, near its intersection with the Richardson Highway.
Main exit to North Pole off the Richardson Highway. Badger Road, a loop road off the Richardson between Fairbanks and North Pole, was named for Harry Markley Badger (1869–1965), a pioneer Fairbanks resident who established a farm along the road. Inside North Pole city limits, the road becomes Santa Claus Lane, one of many Christmas-themed streets in the city.
Beaver Lake in North Pole, AK
Robert Norman Ross was an American painter and art instructor who created and hosted The Joy of Painting, an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on PBS in the United States a
North Pole, Alaska
…in politics, serving for 18 years in the Alaska Legislature and also serving as Alaska's Commissioner of Administration under Governor Frank Murkowski Bob Ross (1942–1995), TV painter, stated numerous times during his show that he lived in North Pole for over a decade and that the scenery surrounding the town…
Publicity photo of Ross, c. 1982
Ross during his Air Force years, giving a painting demonstration in Fairbanks, Alaska, c. late 1970s
Cosplay of Bob Ross at New York Comic Con 2016
Street art of Bob Ross in Çankaya District, Ankara, Turkey