What old caribou antlers in Alaska’s Arctic refuge can tell researchers about historic migrations
By analyzing isotopes in shed antlers, scientists can reconstruct how caribou moved across the North Slope in decades — and centuries — past.
February 9, 2021
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The Gwich’in people of northwestern Alaska and northeastern Canada have a traditional name for the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: “Iizhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit,” meaning “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins.”
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