A bar-tailed godwit in the tundra grass at sunset, Kigigak Island, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.   Credit: Lisa Hupp/USFWS

If it were any where else it would be it's own National Park, but here in the Aleutian Islands, Kasatochi…

Camp on the Sheenjek River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.   Photo Credit: Alexis Bonogofsky for USFWS

The Sheenjeek River winds in on itself. Photo Credit: Alexis Bonogofsky for USFWS

View from the Camp on the Sheenjek River, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit: Alexis Bonogofsky for USFWS

Closeup of the mountain view from camp in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit: Alexis Bonogofsky for USFWS

Field of Arctic Jacob's Ladder glowing in the sun. 2019 Arctic Virtual Bird Fest. Photo Credit: Alexis Bonogofsky

Mosquitos swarm above a field of cottongrass, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit: Alexis Bonogofsky

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit: Danielle Brigida, USFWS

Rafting the Hulahula Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Photo Credit: Alexis Bonogofsky for USFWS

Fall foliage glows with color at Last Lake on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Photographed on August 28, 2020. Credit: Sara…