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Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Archaeological District is a protected area in northwestern Alaska. Located north of the Arctic Circle, the area comprises a landscape of lagoons and rolling limestone hills stretching some 70 miles along the shore of the Chukchi Sea.

Evidence of human habitation there goes back thousands of years. Changes to the shoreline of the Chukchi Sea is also evident on the bluffs, which has preserved thousands of years of change in the geology.


Cape Krusenstern National Monument & Archaeological District, Alaska
Summer flowers near the Cape Krusenstern ranger station, Alaska
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 Cape Krusenstern is today an important site for migratory birds. Other wildlife in the area includes musk oxen, moose and caribou.

Visiting Cape Krusenstern National Monument and Archaeological District, Alaska

As with most protected natural areas of Alaska, Cape Krusenstern National Monument is remote. To get there, you must first take a flight to Kotzebue, the main town. There are daily flights from Fairbannks and Anchorage. The national monument can be accessed in summer on watercraft and seaplanes.

The visitor center of the national monument is in Kotzebue. From June to September it is open Mondays to Fridays 8:30 am to 6:30 pm and Saturdays from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm. From October to May it is open on weekdays, Mondays to Fridays from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Presently the national monument does not have an entrance fee.

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