A Canadian researcher is leading an international network of scientists, wildlife managers and community representatives studying the impacts of global climate change on caribou and wild reindeer herds throughout the circumpolar world, from Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (TOP) to Iceland (BOTTOM). All Canadian International Polar Year projects are contributing to larger international research programs.
Photographs by: G. Carroll Tesh (TOP); Skarphedinn G. Thorisson (BOTTOM)