[text on back]    North Slope

A rich, treeless wilderness that stretches along Yukon and Alaska's arctic coastline is the permanent home of grizzly bears, wolves, foxes and polar bears, and the seasonal home to migratory birds and barren-ground caribou. Each spring, the North Slope bursts to life as millions of swans, geese, cranes, shorebirds and ducks descend to the plains to nest and feed. In late May, the Porcupine caribou herd completes one of the longest land migrations in the world, arriving at the coastal plains where calves are born and the cycle of life in the north is renewed. In late summer, the tundra vegetation turns crimson and the herd begins its southward journey.