The Dalton Highway was pushed through the Brooks mountains and the North Slope in the 1970s, to support oil development in Prudhoe Bay and to enable to construction of the Alyeska Pipeline that stretches from the Arctic Ocean to Valdez, Alaska.
A collared wolverine is released from a live trap during a blizzard.
Young Gwich'in trapper, Brittany Hollandsworth of Arctic Village, poses with her prize wolverine pelt. Wolverine trapping and hunting by indigenous and non-indegenous people is popular throughout the North Slope and Brooks Range.
