Western Arctic Caribou decline by 80%
1977 CE • The Arctic
“The estimated population of the western Arctic caribou herd has sunk from 250,000 to about 50,000 in the last six years, worrying people in Alaska’s inland villages, who still depend heavily on the animal for winter food.”
“Dwindling Caribou Worry Alaskans,” The Hartford Courant, November 18, 1977: 6.
Image: Courtesy of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections
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