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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Example Sentences

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

"Some of these salmon are ending up on Alaska's North Slope too."

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024

The team of researchers used a trowel to shave 1 to 2 centimeters of snow from the surface of 130 polar bear prints left near Alaska’s North Slope.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2023

In the distance loomed the massive wall of the Brooks Range, the massive mountains that rimmed the North Slope on the south.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George