Aurora: Comprehending caribou in the oil patch

A group of caribou crosses the Spine Road in the Kuparuk River floodplain, west of Prudhoe Bay on ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's North Slope, in July 1982. Photo by Brian Lawhead.
Photo by Brian Lawhead.
A group of caribou crosses the Spine Road in the Kuparuk River floodplain, west of Prudhoe Bay on ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ's North Slope, in July 1982.

By Sam Bishop

A half-century of research by ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ alumni and others uncovers how caribou react to oil work on ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s North Slope. Find out more in the Spring 2023 Aurora.