CBC North16h ago
1 person believed missing after capsized canoe found on Teslin River in Yukon
Yukon RCMP say a search is underway for a canoeist believed missing after a capsized canoe was found on the Teslin River.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/1-person-believed-missing-after-capsized-canoe-found-on-teslin-river-in-yukon-9.7232716?cmp=rss
CBC North16h ago
Tourists rattled by potholes, 'nightmare of washboard' on Yukon's North Klondike Highway
Jack Hamlin of Edmonton said his journey to Dawson City was going fine until he left Whitehorse to head up the 533-kilometre North Klondike Highway. 'Anybody with a car-type tire, or a motorcycle in particular, could be in deep, deep doo-doo,' he said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/tourists-rattled-by-potholes-nightmare-of-washboard-on-yukon-s-north-klondike-highway-9.7232329?cmp=rss
CBC North1d ago
Yukon opens some woodlots for commercial firewood harvesters year-round
The Yukon government is opening up three areas — two near Haines Junction and one near Mayo, for all-season access, meaning commercial harvesters will have the opportunity to cut firewood during the summer months.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-opens-some-woodlots-for-commercial-firewood-harvesters-year-round-9.7230807?cmp=rss
Bob the Traveler1d ago
John Ostashek, who died OTD in 2007, served as the fourth Premier of #Yukon 1992-1996; before 1978 the territory had a non-partisan legislature with no individual acting as leader of the government https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/canada/yukon/?s=mb #travel #Canada #history
Into the Yukon

Visiting the Yukon: Carcross, Tagish, the Yukon River, and Whitehorse.

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸1d ago

Those busy (and very not-picky!) squirrels! Archivists of nature!

"Who would have imagined that ground squirrel droppings preserved in Yukon permafrost could provide such detailed insights into ecosystems and evolutionary history stretching back hundreds of thousands of years? It is both scientifically important and genuinely fascinating."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/frozen-squirrel-poop-9.7230087

#Science #Nature #Yukon #Arctic #Mammoth #Masotodon

Frozen squirrel poop from Yukon is full of woolly mammoth, horse DNA | CBC News

Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.

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CBC Top Stories2d ago
Frozen squirrel poop from Yukon is a treasure trove of woolly mammoth, horse DNA
Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/frozen-squirrel-poop-9.7230087?cmp=rss
CBC Edmonton2d ago
Frozen squirrel poop from Yukon is a treasure trove of woolly mammoth, horse DNA
Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/frozen-squirrel-poop-9.7230087?cmp=rss
PugJesus2d ago

Freight hauling along the Yukon River, Canada, ~1899

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2129553/freight-hauling-along-the-yukon-river-canada-1899

CBC Technology Science2d ago
Frozen squirrel poop from Yukon is a treasure trove of woolly mammoth, horse DNA
Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/frozen-squirrel-poop-9.7230087?cmp=rss
CBC North2d ago
Frozen squirrel poop from Yukon is a treasure trove of woolly mammoth, horse DNA
Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/frozen-squirrel-poop-9.7230087?cmp=rss