Alaska's Arctic Coastal Plain during the winter reveals the undeniable power of the white season, a season that inspires awe and humility. It’s a time and a place where the most adaptable of humans, plants and animals sustain life.
The brown season of spring in Alaska's Arctic is a short but welcome reminder that summer quickly approaches. A glimpse of brown through the white snow begins to animate a frozen landscape.
Summer's green season rules supreme as life flourishes in 24-hour arctic sunlight. Summer is a time of hurried excitement in a harrowing attempt to harness enough energy for the year's remaining nine months.
The red season falls quickly on the tundra pulling a blanket of red over the land just weeks before a blanket of white covers Alaska's Arctic once again. Fall is a time to lay the groundwork for a healthy sustainable year ahead.
White, brown, green and red, the seasons of life in Alaska's Arctic makes it an icon of America's vast and distant wilderness. Alaska's North Coast is a place of simple splendor and passionate inspiration for those intrepid travelers who venture off-the-beaten-path.
Deadhorse camp, located at mile 415 of the Dalton Highway, sits atop a 7.5 acre gravel pad accompanied by unlimited tundra to the west, east and south. Directly north of Deadhorse camp is the contractor community of Deadhorse, the Prudhoe Bay oil fields and the Arctic Ocean at the Beaufort Sea.
Deadhorse Camp offers camp-style accommodations for the traveler to Prudhoe Bay in a cozy 17-room camp. With true to the region camp-style accommodations, Deadhorse Camp has just what the traveler to this region is looking for—a clean, comfortable place to stay and good food.
Deadhorse Camp is open from 9am to 9pm, 7 days a week. It is open year-round, offering visitor accommodations during summer months and pipeline worker housing during winter months. Quaint and remote, Deadhorse camp is sure to offer surprises at every turn.