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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A beautiful morning dawned on Day 18 (August 29). We were about 25 miles from the mouth of the river and 30 miles from Kotzebue. We started early and intended to float as far as we could, but the river was already painfully slow and 2.5-3 miles per hour was going to be a challenging goal.
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