An Albino Muskox near the Atkinson Point River, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Kuyt, E., Schroeder, C.H., Brazda, A.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1972
• Subjects: Albinism; Atkinson; Cape Smyth; MacAlpine Lake; Northwest Territories; Perry River; Smyth; Arctic; Atkinson Point; eskimo*; muskox; Melville Island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66020

Gavin during his stay near the mouth of the Perry River (67°48'N, 102°16'W) from 1937-1941 reported only few muskoxen. The largest herds were 12 and 15, seen in 1938 on the mainland a few miles west of the mouth of the Perry River. Aleksiuk saw no muskoxen during his period of field work i...