Cape Krusenstern National Monument
National Monument · Kotzebue, Alaska
A 649,000-acre monument on the Chukchi Sea coast above the Arctic Circle, preserving 114 ancient beach ridges that record 9,000 years of Inupiaq culture. Each ridge represents a former shoreline used by Native Alaskans for hunting marine mammals. There are no roads, no trails, and access is only by chartered bush plane from Kotzebue.
Chukchi Sea Coast, Kotzebue, Alaska, 99752, United States
Open year-round. Northwest Arctic Heritage Center in Kotzebue: Mon-Fri 8 AM-5 PM (June-Sept), reduced winter hours.
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