Research: Cartography
© Copyright 2003 A. MacMullin
What: Topographical map of the area in Northern Alaska and Yukon, Canda which is home to the Gwich'in nation, the arctic refuge, and the porcupine caribou migration territory and calving grounds.
Purpose: To demonstrate the interconnection between Gwich'in "country" and the migrating porcupine caribou herd. To demonstrate the close proximity of the calving grounds to Prudoe Bay. And to show, without the USA/CA border, the entirety of the Gwich'in "country."
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Source: WorldSat's 1K resolution geo-referenced cloud-free full Earth data set located on the geographynetwork.com's map server. World atlases and local maps were used for reference.