August 2006 Noatak River Float Trip
This slideshow features many of the highlights from the Herriott brother's 19 day float trip on the Noatak River in Northwest Alaska. Much of the 435 river miles of the Noatak lie in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Noatak National Preserve. The Noatak River basin is the "largest undisturbed watershed in North America." This Wild and Scenic River is also designated as a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve.
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Ian glassing for caribou with the first spruce trees to his left. At this point in the trip we were intent on harvesting a caribou as we were within a four to five days of the mouth of the river and the caribou numbers were decreasing as we left the migrating heard behind us to the north. We had responsibly waited to harvest so we would not risk meat spoilage, but we were beginning to think that we had floated right out of caribou county this early in their migration.
