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Porcupine River

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Por·cu·pine River  (pôrky-pn)
A river, about 721 km (448 mi) long, rising in northwest Yukon Territory, Canada, and flowing north then west to the Yukon River in northeast Alaska. It was discovered in 1842.


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In April 2003, wildlife biologist Heuer and filmmaker Leanne Allison, his wife, set out on a journey to document the round-trip migration of the porcupine caribou herd between the Porcupine River in Yukon territory and Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), an area targeted for exploration and drilling by oil companies.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A creek will also be constructed so it ties into Three Nations Creek, which discharges into the Porcupine River.
Caribou in the giant Porcupine River herd in northwest Canada and Alaska are drowning as they cross rivers that normally are still ice when the animals migrate.
 
 
 
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