The Brooks Range forms a dramatic east-west mountain chain across northern Alaska, acting as a natural boundary between the Arctic Coastal Plain and the boreal forests of the interior. Remote, sparsely populated, and largely untouched, this range contains some of the wildest terrain in North America. Peaks rise sharply above rolling tundra, and rivers born from snowmelt flow north toward the Arctic Ocean. Atigun Pass along the Dalton Highway is one of the few crossings, highlighting just how iso