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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This view shows our ocean crossing from the mouth (tan colored midground) to the bluffs north of Kotzebue (red and green point in the foreground). Only about 3 miles across, there is so much river input (the Noatak, the Kobuk, and the Selawik), that the water has only a hint of salt to it. Still, its the Arctic Ocean, and we did, in fact, row across it!
