What is Alaska North Slope?
[[Image:NorthSlopeAlaska L7 20010616.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Landsat 7]] false-color image of the North Slope. The blue parts are ice. The [[Brooks Range]] is visible at the bottom. (June 2001)]] [[Image:Arctic ice melt.jpg|thumb|250px|Alaska North Slope, Spring 1950.]] The '''Alaska North Slope''' is a region of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. It is on the northern slope of the [[Brooks Range]] along the coast of the [[Arctic Ocean]]. The North Slope is known for having lots of [[Crude oil|oil]]. The ''National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska'' and the ''Prudhoe Bay Oil Field'' are the two biggest areas where oil is found. The [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]] is there also, and there has been a lot of debate about drilling for oil there. The oil from the North Slope is pumped south in pipes, called the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]], to [[Valdez, Alaska|Valdez]] where it is loaded onto ships. Because the Alaska North Slope is very far north, it gets very cold there. Only the top of the soil, called [[tundra]], melts each season. Because of this, most of the soil is frozen all the time. This frozen soil is called [[permafrost]]. On top of the permafrost, water flows in shallow [[Braided river|braided streams]]. Some of it goes into ponds. == References == * [http://www.northslope.org northslope.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014053659/http://northslope.org/ |date=2017-10-14 }}, North Slope Science Initiative official website * {{cite web | url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17191 | title=North Slope of Alaska | publisher=[[NASA Earth Observatory]] newsroom | date=2006-02-19 | access-date=2009-12-22 | archive-date=2008-09-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924152612/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17191 | url-status=dead }} == Other websites == {{commonscat-inline}} {{Alaska}} {{authority control}} {{Coord|69.0578758|-152.8628274|display=title}} [[Category:Geography of Alaska]]