Toolik Field Station :: Institute of Arctic Biology


The Institute of Arctic Biology Toolik Field Station (TFS) is a world-renowned Arctic climate change research station located in the northern foothills of the Brooks Range in Alaska at 68° 38' N, 149° 36' W, elevation 720 m. Toolik-based researchers have access to 87,000 acres designated by the Bureau of Land Management as a Research Natural Area. Our location allows scientists access to three major physiographic provinces of Alaska: the Brooks Range, the arctic foothills, and the arctic coastal plain. Toolik Field Station has been a major location for scientific research in the Arctic since 1975.

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Mailing/shipping address:
IAB Toolik 757000
900 Yukon Dr. BLDG T-4
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000
Phone: (907) 474-7641
Fax: (907) 474-5513
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