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Journey North News will be posted on Wednesdays:
Feb. 12, 26, Mar 12, 26, Apr. 9, 23, May 7, 21...or until the caribou arrive on the calving grounds!

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Caribou Migration Update: February 12, 2003
Welcome to the 2003 migration. Meet our satellite-collared caribou and locate them in the snowy Arctic mountains of the Brooks Range. Jump-start the season by viewing our new animated migration video. How much can you learn from watching and thinking? How do caribous and humans compare? Learn the lingo. Find tips for mapping the caribou locations and lots more.
Caribou Migration Update: February 26, 2003
Submit names for the “Name the Caribou” contest! Calculate how far Cupid traveled. Learn about caribou survival adaptations with this project and puzzle. And join the adventure as Scott Hed shares his backpack across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Caribou Migration Update: March 12, 2003
The capture and collar team is out in the field this week re-collaring and finding new caribou cows to join the satellite project. Caribou naming contest is still open. Meet 2 humans who wish to migrate this year with the Porcupine caribou herd: Starting in April they will migrate with the caribou over a 7-month period. Learn about the caribous’ winter food source, lichens. Share part 2 of Scott Hed's ANWR trip. Arm yourself with information about oil drilling in ANWR and learn some informed decision making skills.
Caribou Migration Update: March 26, 2003
Two new caribou have names thanks to your help with "Name the Caribou." Meet them. Share pictures and go deeper into the capture and collaring of over 25 caribou for research. Learn how to pack for 210 days in the Arctic from "Being Caribou." And explore cold temperatures in detail.
Caribou Migration Update: April 9, 2003
Why do they call them Porcupine caribou? Learn how to say “girl” in Inuvialuktun language. Why do some antlers have velvet and others not? Share a summer’s research in the Arctic with Darcie Matthiessen and the PCMB. Celebrate the migration with a BIG cookie map of the caribou’s range. And, how does a gray whale compare with our cows?
Caribou Migration Update: April 23, 2003
Joining the caribou migration, humans Karsten and Leanne send news for us to share. Did you know antlers act as air conditioners? Build your own life-size set! Meet and learn of the Caribou people and find out what the caribou means to some of them. News is out to save one caribou herd from extinction. Learn how the scientists propose to do this.
Caribou Migration Update: May 7, 2003, 2003
“The caribou are really starting to move north,” Martin Kienzler reports this week. The map tells the story. Who will make it first to the calving grounds? Learn some climbing vocabulary and read a journal update from “Being Caribou” that makes you part of this incredible migration. Learn a few sentences in Gwitch’in and greet a classmate. Try a creative writing project that is sure to succeed.
Caribou Migration Update: May 21, 2003
Caribous Lucky, Arnaq, Catherine, Helen, and Lynetta are leading the herd to the Arctic coastal plain. Sadly, Carmen won’t make it this year. Find out why. Learn something new about caribou feet. Why do they sound like castanets? View more pictures from Karsten and Leann. And test your knowledge of the season’s news!
Caribou Migration Update: June 4, 2003
In this brief report you can see where the collared caribou are now located. Many have reached the edge of the calving grounds! Special migratory bird news was submitted this week. Pull out your bird guides to see the birds now found where the Mackenzie River Delta meets the Arctic Ocean. How many birds can you identify?
Caribou Migration Update: June 11, 2003
The final report of the season finds the caribou cows entering the calving grounds, and the safety and nourishment of the coastal plain. And our two adventurers, Karsten and Leanne of "Being Caribou" share the exciting story of birth in their latest satellite telephone interview.