The great concentrations come later as the migration gets rolling. In conversation with Dave, NWT Regional Wildlife Technician, he mentioned a number of things that can be of interest to Journey North students in the study of the caribou. As you know, there are three cows left. He would dearly love to see one of those cows wander off to the northwest and join the Beverly Herd. That would prove the hypothesis that caribou from the two herds intermingle.
Speculation is that there is a lot of intermingling between the two herds.
But no proof yet. The Qamanirjuaq herd is staying stable at about 250,000 animals. Would you believe we had -49 C this morning north of here at Shepherd Bay. That's nippy, but the sun is shining so Spring can be far behind. You do not need a map to track the changes in the caribous' locations.