#yukon — Public Fediverse posts
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It is one of the most spectacular annual animal migrations: 200,000 porcupine caribou trekking from the #Yukon to #Alaska.
🔗 Learn about the significance that even the locals celebrate year in and year out: http://dlvr.it/TVNbXx
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It is one of the most spectacular annual animal migrations: 200,000 porcupine caribou trekking from the #Yukon to #Alaska.
🔗 Learn about the significance that even the locals celebrate year in and year out: http://dlvr.it/TVNbXx
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It is one of the most spectacular annual animal migrations: 200,000 porcupine caribou trekking from the #Yukon to #Alaska.
🔗 Learn about the significance that even the locals celebrate year in and year out: http://dlvr.it/TVNbXx
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It is one of the most spectacular annual animal migrations: 200,000 porcupine caribou trekking from the #Yukon to #Alaska.
🔗 Learn about the significance that even the locals celebrate year in and year out: http://dlvr.it/TVNbXx
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It is one of the most spectacular annual animal migrations: 200,000 porcupine caribou trekking from the #Yukon to #Alaska.
🔗 Learn about the significance that even the locals celebrate year in and year out: http://dlvr.it/TVNbXx
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Here’s how every Canadian province and territory is governing data centres
From stand-alone policies to disincentivizing investment, here’s a guide from coast to coast.
Data centre development is…
#Canada #AI #Alberta #AtlanticCanada #britishcolumbia #datacentres #govt #manitoba #newbrunswick #Newfoundland #newfoundland&labrador #novascotia #nunavut #nwt #ontario #pei #Prairies #PrinceEdwardIsland #quebec #Saskatchewan #yukon
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#6 - Wildlife. We didn't actually see a lot of large terrestrial animals on the trip, but we did see a female moose with two little meese, and later another young-looking moose (pictured). Also spotted a beaver, and red squirrels.
We did see some bears, but it was on the drive to our put-in, not in the wild-wild.
Lots of birds though! I counted 30 confirmed species of birds seen and heard, plus another 4 unconfirmed.
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#5 - Our guides with Sea to Sky Expeditions, Dayna and Kade.
Dayna in particular knows the ins and outs of the Yukon River very well, including many of the best places to camp.
The two of them together made an amazing meal plan that was varied, tasty, and kept us full and energized over the entire 8 day trip.
They were both very engaging, and made sure we all felt safe and had loads of fun.
Couldn't have made a trip like this without their expertise.
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#3 - The Yukon River itself. We only paddled a bit under 1/10th of its full 3200km length, but every bit of it was absolutely breathtaking.
Many tributary rivers and creeks flow into it, and it gets very wide (and silty!) as they do, and that width really messes with your perception.
But it also makes it a great river to learn how to canoe, lots of room to make mistakes and few major hazards.
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#2 - Fort Selkirk, an old trading post that is still mostly only accessible by river.
The current fort dates back to 1892, a previous one to 1852, and has been a gathering place for First Nations for over 8000 years.
The Selkirk First Nation manage the site, including the campground, and are working on preserving and restoring many of the buildings.
Visitors can explore the buildings freely, restored or not. It's amazing!
#Yukon #YukonRiver #ForkSelkirk #Selkirk #NorthernTutchone #Tutchone
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Some highlights from canoeing the Yukon River in no particular order.
#1 - Old cabins and outposts scattered everywhere, all along the river. It's hard to date them, but suspect they range from the Klondike Gold Rush (1898-1902) to claims up to the 1950s.
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‘The land is tearing itself apart’: life on a collapsing #Arctic isle
On #Qikiqtaruk, off Canada, researchers at the frontier of #ClimateChange are seeing its rich ecology slide into the sea as #MeltingPermafrost ice leaves little behind
“It’s one thing to think about what the changes mean to us, but I can’t imagine the fear and stress the animals feel as everything changes so fast. We’re supposed to be the guardians of the land. But we’ve let them down.” - Richard Gordon.
By Leyland Cecco, on Herschel Island–Qikiqtaruk
November 21, 2024"Armed with a fleet of drones and working closely with Indigenous Inuvialuit rangers, the team has revealed a rapid reshaping of the tundra with little precedent. As they race to understand what those changes might mean, a combination of rising seas, landslides and flooding mean the landscape is literally collapsing around them, making it harder to study an island that reflects the tumultuous future of the western Arctic."
#Inuvialuit #ClimateCatastrophe #Permafrost #Yukon #Canada #Landslides #Flooding #IndigenousCommunities #FirstNations #Qikiqtaruk #HerschelIsland
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Melting Permafrost Releasing Mercury Into Alaska's Yukon River
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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4829536-climate-change-mercury-permafrost-arctic-study/ <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad536e <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #mercury #Hg #Alaska #Yukon #YukonRiver #climatechange #waterquality #water #hydrology #BeringSea #permafrost #melting #risk #hazard #ecosystems #habitat #fisheries #metal #heavymetals #mercurybomb #pollutants #arctic #boreal #plants #vegetation #soil #geomorphology #YukonRiverBasin -
New Inuvialuit-led conservation area in the Yukon will safeguard wildlife, habitat, and Inuvialuit traditional use
The Agreement ensures the conservation and protection of almost 8,500 km² of the Eastern Yukon North Slope called Aullaviat/Anguniarvik
The area is larger than Banff National Park and is an important contribution toward Canada’s goal of conserving 30 percent of lands and waters in Canada by 2030
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Yukon River ice went out at Dawson, YT late afternoon Tuesday May 9th. This is the latest break-up since 2013. With annual break-up dates record each spring since 1896, the #YukonRiver at Dawson observations are by far the longest unbroken time series of river ice break-up dates in northwest North America. May 9th was very close to average through mid-20th century but is now about a week later than the recent average. #ytwx #Arctic #Canada #Yukon #hydrology
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3/ At the time, the #Whitehorse #Walmart wanted campers to park along the right side of the lot (when you face the store). This edge of the lot is just across the adjacent roadway from the #Yukon river.
There's a short period there in the autumn when the air is just about at freezing at sunrise -- but the #YukonRiver is still quite a bit warmer.
So I got up early the next morning, and walked across the river to the bank of the Yukon.
It was just magical. The mist was rising from the warm river, through and around the vegetation, and back-lit by the sun starting to color the eastern sky.
And I didn't have to walk more than 50 feet from the #RV door to see it.
As I said, it was the single best campsite we've had in nearly 2 decades of #RVing, and ~ 30 months on the road. And it was just a Walmart parking lot -- in exactly the right place, at exactly the right time.
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Another watercolor and conte painting, this one done at Miles Canyon on the Yukon River near Whitehorse. It is in a vertical format, not so usual for me, but I think the composition works OK.
#Watercolor #Watercolour #Conte #Summer #Landscape #MilesCanyon #YukonRiver #Whitehorse #Yukon #Painting #Art #MastoArt