Ivvavik National Park is located on the Northern tip of the Yukon, bordered by Alaska and the Beaufort Sea. The 10,000 square meter park encompasses the most productive region of the Western Arctic, known as the 'north slope.' Ivvavik means "a place for giving birth, a nursery", in recognition of the park's role as the calving ground for the Porcupine Caribou herd. The landscape is characterized by treeless arctic tundra, and the low, rounded British Mountains. 100 people visit this austere wilderness park every year, most to raft the wild Firth River.
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