Caribou Migration Update: June 11, 2003
Today's Report Includes:
This Week’s Caribou Migration
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Caribou Migration Map Click on Map to Enlarge |
Special: Karsten and Leanne Reach Calving Grounds!
A news release came to Journey North headquarters recently with the latest from Karsten and Leanne. Having traveled with the Porcupine caribou on their migration since April 1, 2003, they were delighted to have reached the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Here is an excerpt from the June 5, 2003 news release:
...They are looking south into the Brooks Range on what Karsten describes
as “the most beautiful day we’ve had.” It’s 10:39
pm and they’re watching the sun set. They’ve been held hostage
in their tent for the past six days -held hostage by the caribou giving
birth all around them.
“It’s more exciting than I can describe,” he says. “The
caribou don’t come much closer to us than 50 metres, but they are
giving birth all around us. We’re watching them be born. We can
see the umbilical cords; we can see them taking their first steps. All
around us the calves are frolicking, trying out their new legs. Moments
ago, one calf, careening out of control, came to a full stop in front
of the tent, looked directly at me in the tent door and careened off again.
I only hope my camera was working because boy, he was cute."
Caribou travel
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Stay tuned to this amazing adventure to learn more about the annual lives and migrations of the Porcupine caribou. Their trip is only half over, so join them this summer at:
This is the final Porcupine caribou Migration Update. Thanks, and see you next season!
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