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Coldfoot Airport, on the west side of the Dalton Highway, consists of a 4,000 foot (1,200 m) gravel strip, used for air taxi and general aviation. Coldfoot has been featured on Ice Road Truckers, a Canadian reality television series airing on the History Channel. The truck stop was first seen during the show's third season. [4]
Coldfoot Airport covers an area of 288 acres (117 ha) at an elevation of 1,042 feet (318 m) above mean sea level.It has one runway designated 1/19 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 100 feet (1,219 x 30 m).
Galbraith Lake is a lake located in the North Slope Borough of Alaska, United States.The surrounding area is uninhabited except for seasonal residents. The lake is located on the west side of the Dalton Highway between miles 272-75 of the highway.
Coldfoot is the nearest city and is located about 31 miles (50 km) northeast of Prospect Creek. The camp was situated near the start of the winter road to Bettles which begins just south of TAPS Pump Station 5 on the Dalton Highway.
At first, the camp was named Camp Crystal, after Crystal Lake. It was renamed to Scouthaven in 1923. Early in its history, Scouts arrived on a "milk train" that passed by the camp. The 400 acres (160 ha) site was an amusement park in the first part of the 20th century.
Deadhorse is an unincorporated community located within the CDP of Prudhoe Bay in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States, along the North Slope near the Arctic Ocean.The town consists mainly of facilities for the workers and companies that operate at the nearby Prudhoe Bay Oil Field.
The Arctic Interagency Visitor Center in nearby Coldfoot is open from late May to early September, providing information on the parks, preserves and refuges of the Brooks Range, Yukon Valley and the North Slope. [13]
News of the find spread, and in the summer of 1909 miners arrived in the gold fields and built a small camp that was later known as Flat. People and supplies traveled to the gold fields by boat from the Yukon River , up the Innoko River , and up the Iditarod River to the current town site, a short walk from Flat.