Sea-ice crossings by caribou in the south-central Canadian Arctic Archipelago and their ecological importance

• Main Authors: Frank L. Miller, Samuel J. Barry, Wendy A. Calvert
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Rangifer; Special Issue No. 16; 77-88; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baring Channel; Bellot Strait; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Franklin Strait; Peel Sound; Arctic Archipelago; Rangifer tarandus; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.462.6591; http://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/viewFile/1773/1653/

Abstract: The islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago lie immediately north of mainland North America in the Arctic Ocean. They are surrounded by ice for most of each year. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) cross the sea ice in seasonal migrations among the islands and between the mainland and Arctic I...