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The Alaska North Slope is the region of the U.S. state of Alaska located on the northern slope of the Brooks Range along the coast of two marginal seas of the Arctic Ocean, the Chukchi Sea being on the western side of Point Barrow, and the Beaufort Sea on the eastern.
The North Slope Borough is the largest county-level political subdivision in the United States by area, with a larger land area than the state of Utah, the 13th-largest state in the nation. Although the adjacent Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area is larger in area, it has no borough-level government.
Mar 6, 2021 · The Alaska North Slope is located on Brooks Range’s northern slope, along the Chukchi Sea and the Beaufort Sea coasts. Much of the region is part of the North Slope Borough, Alaska’s northernmost borough covering about 245,520 km 2 .
- John Misachi
Oct 21, 2021 · The severe, serrated North Slope of Alaska lies 250 miles inside the Arctic Circle. Resilient Iñupiat communities aren’t the only reason to venture to this icy coastline — the ‘rooftop of...
- Jamie Lafferty
It consists of the northern slopes and low foothills of the Brooks Range and a large Arctic coastal plain, popularly called the Arctic Slope, North Slope, or simply the Slope.
The North Slope Borough is a region located in the northernmost part of Alaska. It is the largest and most sparsely populated borough in the state, covering an area of over 94,000 square miles.
The tundra-covered area, called the North Slope, is underlain by permafrost, which is permanently frozen sediment and rock; only a shallow surface zone thaws during the short summer, producing a vast number of small ephemeral lakes and ponds.
