Aurora: Comprehending caribou in the oil patch

A group of caribou crosses the Spine Road in the Kuparuk River floodplain, west of Prudhoe Bay on Alaska's North Slope, in July 1982.
By Sam Bishop
A half-century of research by UAF alumni and others uncovers how caribou react to oil work on Alaska’s North Slope. Find out more in the Spring 2023 Aurora.