Winter Shelter

Next to a frozen lake, a trapper's cabin offers shelter on the forested south side of the refuge. The wintering ground of the caribou herd is a few miles to the east, near Old Crow, Yukon Territory. The forest offers caribou thermal cover, access to lichen (winter browse) and wind protection.

 

Image © 1993 by Douglas Yates

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