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Aerial view of the Alatna River
April 28, 2012
Alatna River Valley, Gates of the Arctic
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Alatna River Valley, August 19, 2010
"I paddled across this deep, slow-moving river in my small pack raft," says adventurer Andrew Skurka. The Alatna meanders south from the Gates of the Arctic National Park.
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