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• Are climate skeptics right?

 

More Great Links

 

• AnimalPlanet.com
• University of Alaska Fairbanks -- Reindeer Research Program
• Bering Land Bridge National Reserve -- Reindeer Moss

 

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• Baatar, Tsatsral. "Mongolia's Reindeer People Fight for Survival." Agence France-Presse. Nov. 16, 2004.
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