Caribou/reindeer

Caribou being instrumented.

Satellite tracking of Caribou

In spring 2008 a total of 40 Caribou have been instrumented with GPS-satellite transmitters in an area north of Nuuk from Akia to Maniitsoq. (see map below).

Project responsible

Christine Cuyler, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and Peter Aastrup, NERI.

Caribou with a satellite collar. The collar falls of automatically and can be tracked by GINR.

Project periode

Spring 2008 to summer 2010. It is illegal to shoot a caribou with collar.

Map showing the area with tracked animals from Akia-Maniitsoq area. Red dots indicate release of a caribou with GPS-collar.