Noatak River

Wild river in northwest Alaska, protected in the Noatak National Preserve. In The Comfort Crisis (Michael Easter) it is the base camp of his Arctic caribou hunt.

At a glance

Source	Author	Role	In one line
The Comfort Crisis	Michael Easter	setting	Base camp of the Arctic caribou hunt and the book’s main wilderness setting.

The Comfort Crisis — Michael Easter (2021)

Source: The Comfort Crisis · Original · Readwise highlight

The Noatak River system, which we’re smack in the middle of, is believed to be America’s last remaining river system unaltered by humans.

• Role: setting
• In the book: Easter, Donnie and William pitch their teepee on a mesa in the river system for the hunt. A storm nearly flattens the teepee on the first night, then days of waiting for caribou lead into the book’s chapters on boredom and the ‘three-day effect’.
• Why it matters: The book’s main Arctic setting, where its ideas about discomfort are tested.