This great photo of the cows & calves of the once-immense Beverly barrenground caribou herd following the central Thelon River in Nunavut during mid-summer was taken by Canadian trip leader and author Maxwell Finkelstein.

The recent extreme and rapid losses in population of the Northwest Territories & Nunavut caribou herds - combined with negative anti-tourism politics in both regions - spurned us to relocate our caribou viewing camps to other suitable areas of the Far North where the caribou herds are still much stronger, and the Governments more friendly to outside visitors.