Kuparuk is also the ARCO Alaska base camp for the second largest oil field in the United States. Charter plane or gravel road from Prudhoe Bay. Approximately 300 oil-field workers.
Winters are very very cold, dark and windy.
In the summer when the wind isn't blowing, bugs can be horrendous. The land is privately leased and there are not any visitor facilities. Arrives by truck, cargo plane or barge.