“Here’s looking at you, kid”. Reindeer have an excellent sense of sight and a wide field of vision. Two researchers now show how the animals can see in the bright polar days and dark polar nights. Image: Michael Wenger “The eyes are the mirror...
Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) are the fattest ungulates of all, according to research by Sam Dwinnell. They find plenty of food in the summer so they can build up a layer of fat, which they need in the winter. Photo: Julia Hager Reindeer in...
The Klondike gold rush swept almost the entire world from 1896 onwards and caused a run on the far north of Canada and Alaska, which in the end brought the hoped-for fortune to only a few. Thousands died of cold, hunger, exhaustion or were killed. Images: Library and...
Reindeer or caribou inhabit only the northern hemisphere. They live circumpolar in summer in the tundra and in winter in the taiga. Photo: Stefan Leimer With the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago, first human settlements were established in Norway. The retreat...
Reindeer are native to the entire Arctic. In North America, the animals are called caribou and are slightly larger than in Europe. A total of 15 subspecies of reindeer are known. They also form larger herds that regularly migrate long distances in spring and autumn in...
