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Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd
Being Caribou Five Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd
Author: Karsten Heuer
Since time immemorial, the Porcupine caribou herd has ranged the Arctic in a 2,800-mile annual trek between its winter feeding grounds inland and its summer calving grounds on the coastal plain of the Beaufort Sea. In 2003, the caribou were joined on their spring journey, possibly for the first time ever, by two humans: wildlife biologist and wr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780771041235
ISBN-10: 0771041233
Publication Date: 8/7/2007
Pages: 256
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Interesting and realistic book about pursuing a dream, a honeymoon, and a very hormonal caribou herd through its natural mysterious migration. I love how it fell more in tune with the spiritual aspect as time progressed and felt more and more at one with the herd. Well done!
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An interesting book about a couple who try following the migration of the caribou on foot, airplane etc. and the rewards and hardships along the way.


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