Located approximately 350 miles northwest of
Fairbanks, straddling the Arctic Circle, Selawik National Wildlife Refuge. Selawik is located where the Bering Land Bridge once existed, which connected Asia and North America thousands of years ago.
The refuge is a showcase of estuaries, lakes, river deltas, and tundra hills. It includes a large designated wilderness area and the Selawik River, which is a nationally designated Wild River. Two Inupiaq Eskimo villages, Selawik and Noorvik, are within the refuge boundary. Four other Inupiaq villages, Kiana, Ambler, Shungnak and Kobuk, and the city of Kotzebue, are located within 25 miles of the refuge.