7 minute read - "Winter Is Here" series continues with the true behemoth of the north - Wood Bison! At first glance, the Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae) seems to be ill-suited to live in the far North. Especially when we think about its Southern cousin, the...
6 minute read - "Winter Is Here" series continues with the legend of cold climate survivors - Muskox! Ice age survivor - Oomingmak (Inuit for The Bearded One) is living proof of long-term successful adaptation to a narrow niche - the treeless and...
6 minute read – “Winter Is Here” series begins with the "king of the tundra" – Caribou!Here comes the king of the tundra. Being one of the few animals escaping the mass extinction of species after the last ice age, caribou are royally adapted to life in the North,...
If you read this from anywhere other than North of 60th, you may ask yourself why do we specify again that winter is here, given that it can – by now – be considered common knowledge that winters in the Yukon last up to 6 months. Well, as a distinctively local...