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The conflict in the Yukon is reminiscent of Alaska's epic battle over oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Indeed, the Peel Watershed is the wintering ground for the same caribou herd that migrates hundreds of miles north to bear their young in the Alaskan refuge.
When you see a caribou and her calf wade nonchalantly in front of your oncoming canoe, or watch the unhurried gait of a grizzly observing your passage from a nearby embankment, or look into the gleaming eyes of a wolf calmly surveying your camp, it still feels as if human beings have not established dominion here. Schou, blending in as few others have, has captured the essence of this rare place.
Frank Clifford, a Los Angeles Times editor, is the author of The Backbone of the World, about the continental divide. Photographer Jannik Schou lives in Denmark and the Yukon.


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