As Canada eyes Arctic road expansion, Indigenous guardians race to understand caribou

Mongabay
Jun 23, 2026, 3:23 pm128 ptsTrending
For years, Wayne Mercredi spent hours driving the Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter road. Leaving early in the morning to take advantage of limited daylight, he’d travel the road’s 400-kilometer length (250-mile length) — built atop frozen lakes, to connect the territorial capital of Yellowknife to diamond…

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