Western Arctic Caribou. Image-U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Caribou have been using the same Arctic calving grounds for more than 3,000 years, according to a new study by the University of Cincinnati.
Female caribou shed their antlers within days of giving birth, leaving behind a record of their annual travels across Alaska and Canada’s Yukon that persists on the cold tundra for hundreds or even thousands of years. Researchers recovered antlers that have sat undisturbed on the arctic tundra since the Bronze Age.
“To walk around the landscape and pick up something that’s 3,000 years old is truly amazing,” said Joshua Miller, an assistant professor of geosciences at
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