What is Arctic Alaska?
Q: What is Arctic Alaska?
A: Arctic Alaska is a region in the US state of Alaska, located in the northern area between the Arctic Circle and the Arctic Ocean.
Q: What are some places in Arctic Alaska?
A: Some places in Arctic Alaska are the North Slope Borough, the Northwest Arctic Borough, and the Nome Census Area. Some towns include Prudhoe Bay, Barrow, Kotzebue, and Nome.
Q: How can these places be reached?
A: Most of these places have no highways and can only be reached by aircraft or snowmobile, or by boat if they are on the coast or near a river when they are not frozen.
Q: Who were the first inhabitants of Arctic Alaska?
A: Long ago there were only Inuits living here, who make up the majority of the population.
Q: What did the Inuit tribes eat in Arctic Alaska?
A: They mostly ate salmon, which there are lots of there, and also whales and other marine mammals.
Q: What attracted more people to Arctic Alaska?
A: More people came to Arctic Alaska when gold was discovered there. Still more people and industry came when petroleum was discovered in the area.
Q: What kind of animals can be found in Arctic Alaska?
A: Some of the animals found in Arctic Alaska are bears, wolves, sheep, reindeer, and lots of birds.
