Caribou just chilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Photo: Moe Witschard (The Wilderness Society) The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the last pristine landscapes in America.
A scientist named Melanie Smith recently drew up a map of a particular tract of public land in Alaska’s far north. Look closely and you’ll see villages: Nuiqsut, Wainwright, and Atqasuk. You may ...