Ebook {Epub PDF} Being Caribou by Karsten Heuer

In April , wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer and filmmaker Leanne Allison set out with the Porcupine caribou herd. Walking along with the animals over four mountain ranges, through hundreds of passes, and across dozens of rivers—a thousand-mile journey altogether, from the Yukon Territory to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and then back again—they reached a new understanding of what is at stake Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Being Caribou: Directed by Leanne Allison, Diana Wilson. With Leanne Allison, Karsten Heuer, Peter Josie, Randall Tetlichi. Environmentalist Leanne Allison and wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer follow a herd of , caribou on foot, across 1, kilometres of rugged Arctic tundra/10(71). In April , wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer and filmmaker Leanne Allison embarked on a five-month research journey to follow the 2,mile migration of a herd of , Porcupine Caribou, from their winter range to their calving grounds in Alaska, and back again/5().

A review of Karsten Heuer's Being Caribou () I participated in this month's #bltadwin.ru August featured nonfiction book was "Being Caribou" by Karsten Heuer.I found (maybe surprisingly) similarities between my interests in Northern Cod in the Northwest Atlantic and Heuer's interests in caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Karsten Heuer. Meet Karsten. Karsten is a talented author, teacher, and research scientist, who became a well-known name in , when he and his wife Leanne Allison produced the film 'Being Caribou'. This film documented their five-month journey following the migration of the Porcupine caribou herd in the Yukon. The purpose of their 1. Education. In this feature-length documentary, husband and wife team Karsten Heuer (wildlife biologist) and Leanne Allison (environmentalist) follow a herd of , caribou on foot across km of Arctic tundra. In following the herd's migration, the couple hopes to raise awareness of the threats to the caribou's survival.

Being Caribou is a documentary film that chronicles the travels of husband and wife Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison following the migration of the Porcupine caribou herd, in order to explore the Arctic Refuge drilling controversy. The journey lasted 5 months, starting from the community of Old Crow, Yukon on April 8, and ending September 8, The film is produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Karsten Heuer documented this trek with Leanne Allison, which was also their hone. Being caribou is both entertaining and eye-opening. It is the journal of a fabulous adventure in which both Karsten and Leanne are ready to do anything they need to follow the herd to its calving place and back. “There are some patterns in the way the caribou migrate, but they can't be predicted, much less mapped, from year to year. As with the caribou, Heuer and his wife faced dwindling fat reserves and stalking by ravenous grizzlies and wolves just awakened from hibernation. Both a rousing adventure story and a sober ecological meditation, Being Caribou vividly conveys this magnificent animal's world.