The development of reindeer husbandry in Canada
The first reindeer were introduced into Canada for humanitarian rather than commercial reasons. Encouraged by the success achieved in Alaska, where 1280 reindeer imported by Dr Sheldon Jackson from Siberia between 1892 and 1902 had increased in a few years to several times that number, the missionar...
Published in: | Polar Record |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1968
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400056230 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400056230 |