An Arctic fox left researchers at the Norwegian Polar Institute in disbelief when she travelled more than 3,500 kilometres from Norway to Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, in just 76 days last year. The scientists who conducted the study were looking to find evidence that the Arctic fox species travels long distances in order to find a mate. A similar distance has been recorded for an adult female Arctic fox that traversed nearly 4,600 kilometres within the Canadian Arctic, but it took that fox five-and-a-half months to complete. Despite her high travel averages, there were two occasions when the Norwegian fox trekked fewer than 10 kilometres in a 48-hour time span. “This is another example of how important sea ice is to wildlife in the Arctic.

Source: National Post July 02, 2019 14:51 UTC