North Slope

American  

noun

1. the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.

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North Slope

The team examined a region of Alaska's North Slope roughly the size of Wisconsin, where hundreds of rivers and streams drain into the Beaufort Sea.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026

The pipeline, beginning in Alaska’s North Slope, will provide gas that could last for many decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

The company, which went public in 1991, helped analyze data used to explore Alaska’s North Slope for oil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2025

Nagruk Harcharek, president of Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat, a group whose members include leaders from across much of Alaska’s North Slope region, has been critical of the administration’s approach.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024

She had been lost without food for many sleeps on the North Slope of Alaska.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George