Trip Report: Alaska - Kongakut River (2000-06-15 - 2000-06-25)
Musk Ox Skull, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Alex and Kongakut Valley
Creek Draining into Arctic Ocean
ANWR Drilling Area
Alex on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain
Fish Caught
Eating the Fish on the Runway, ANWR
Plane About to Crash Into My Head
Alex Cooks the Fish
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil Drilling Area
ANWR Caribou
Kongakut Valley, ANWR
Flight to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
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Musk Ox Skull, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Alex and Kongakut Valley
Creek Draining into Arctic Ocean
ANWR Drilling Area
Alex on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Coastal Plain
Fish Caught
Eating the Fish on the Runway, ANWR
Plane About to Crash Into My Head
Alex Cooks the Fish
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Oil Drilling Area
ANWR Caribou
Kongakut Valley, ANWR
Flight to Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Rafting the Kongakut River for 6 days followed by a few days of backpacking to the Arctic coast.
Sites Visited
Country: United States of America
(1 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (14 records,
2 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(14 records,
2 images)
Class: Birds
(6 records,
0 images)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(1 record)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
- Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus)
Class: Bony Fish
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Salmon, Trout
(1 record)
- Family: Salmon, Trout
- Dolly Varden Char (Salvelinus malma)
Class: Mammals
(7 records,
1 image)
- Order: Carnivorans
(2 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
- Family: Ursidae
- Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetaceans
(4 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Dall's sheep (Ovis dalli)
- Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
- Family: Cervidae
- Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
- Moose (Alces alces)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Arctic Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus Parryii)