Even the largest arctic wildlife can be difficult to spot. I took this photo of Joe Henderson and the team coming towards me and it was only afterward that I noticed the muskox peering down at us from his castle, very much the “Monarch of the Glen” in an arctic style.
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In fact Joe had seen the same muskox the night before as he scouted the route ahead and it had given him quite a start in the dusky evening light. At first all he saw was a large brown hairy animal at the top of the bluff and there was no immediate telling whether it was a bear or a muskox, enough to make anybodies heart skip a beat or two!
And here’s a whole lot more of these amazing animals; on a previous trip these guys were hanging out grazing right next to the Dalton Highway (the road of Ice Road Truckers fame).
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