The Wrangel Island is the most north national park in Russia. It is in the Iultinsky district of the Chukotka. Its square is 2225650 hectares, water area is 1430000 hectares. It opened in March 1976.
The Wrangel Island saves a lot of animals which live in Arctic. There live animals from Red Book. For example polar bears, deers, walrus and etc. Only there live white geese or other animals and plants. Grey whales live in the water area of the Wrangel Island.
The national park became the first really protected place in the USSR. It was included ii the list of UNESCO in 2004.
There is really strong Arctic climate in the Wrangel Island. The most part of the year, area has got a lot of cold air masses. The Wrangel Island is in Tundra, so landscape has got a lot of ice, snow and etc.
The big part of area are mountains. The highest mountain is 1000 metres tall. It has valleys only on river banks. There are around 1500 rivers near valleys.
A lot of people work in this place. They called park rangers.