Here is some good information of migrations in the Arctic, near Siberia,
from Marshall B. Gardner's book:
THE REINDEER
"We are informed by Professor Adams, of St. Petersburg, that on the northern
coast of Asia, every autumn the reindeer start northeastwardlv from the
river Lena, and return again in the spring in good condition."
Short of such a hospitable country as is afforded by the interior of the
earth, where could these animals possibly find warmth and nutriment!'
MUSK-OXEN
Among early nineteenth century accounts of northern explorations, "Hearne's
journal" is one of the most interesting. In its pages we may read that large
droves of musk-oxen abound in the arctic regions, as many as several herds
each aggregating seventy to eighty head being seen by Hearne in one day. Few
of them ever came as far south as the Hudson's Bay settlements. He also
states that polar white bears are rarely seen in the winter and that their
winter habitat is a mystery. But in the spring they suddenly appear from
some unknown place having their young with them.
Hearne goes on to tell us that white foxes are exceedingly plentiful some
years, and that they always come from the North; that the animals which
appear do not again go to the North, so that the supply from there must be
inexhaustible. "
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