Surrounded by Caribou




Encounters Podcast show

Summary: Crouch in a narrow ravine in Northwestern Alaska with host Richard Nelson, surrounded by a great rushing river of tens of thousands of caribou. Brilliantly designed for their northern world, caribou have dense warm fur, phenomenal endurance, a genius for navigation, ability to find food in a frugal environment, and a constant yearning for travel—sometimes in spectacular groups of 50,000 or more.