Yukon 2009 Vacation Planner - (Page 78) North Yukon LAND oF THE MiDNiGHT SuN Life flourishes under the midnight sun, the Arctic summer phenomenon that transforms the land into a Northern nursery. Approximately 120,000 barren-ground caribou and migratory birds return to northern Yukon to bear young, and the tundra bursts into bloom. By late summer, the landscape is a riot of colour, a changing palette of crimson, orange and gold. Beaufort Sea Alaska,USA Old Crow Inuvik Arctic Circle Yukon Dawson City Northwest Territories welcome North Yukon is a remote region boasting five wilderness parks and encompassing much of the range of the Porcupine caribou herd. Here the legendary Dempster Highway crosses the Arctic Circle and leads travellers across a spectacular subarctic landscape. North Yukon is the home of the Gwich’in, Han, Inuvialuit and Northern Tutchone peoples, who have occupied the land for centuries. WHITEHORSE Pacific Ocean British Columbia Painting “en pleine aire, Dempster Highway – YG photo ” 78
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