International Success - Moulton Student working with the Yukon Wildlife Preserve in the Canadian wilderness!

Briony Edwards is a Foundation Degree in Countryside & Wildlife Management student who decided she wanted a different kind of experience this summer - that of working for the Yukon Wildlife Preserve in the Yukon Territory, Canada (see: http://www.yukonwildlife.ca/). The Yukon Wildlife Preserve is a unique wildlife viewing property featuring ten species of northern Canadian mammals in their natural environment. Encompassing over 700 acres with various natural habitats, the Yukon Wildlife Preserve offers unparalleled wildlife viewing and photo opportunities. She has experienced a real adventure so far and takes an active role in feeding and caring for the range of wild animals at the Preserve.

She comments 'Things are eventful here, but amusing....so far, in this one week the green truck interns drives has broken down twice. The first time was onsite and we had to push it off the path because of visitor coaches. The second time was yesterday - it stopped working when we were on our way back from collecting browse, on the highway, at 80km/h. Our radio was also not working for some reason, so we had to walk back to the site. Three days ago there was a huge but brief thunder and lightning storm and yesterday there a small sandstorm onsite! We have experienced 4 power-outs. 3 were just at the Preserve and lasted no longer than 15 minutes each. The third affected the whole of Whitehorse and surrounding areas (we are 20 minutes outside of town), and it lasted an hour.

She adds...... 'Now for some random facts I've come to notice:

• It never gets dark here;
• Cars don't need front license plates;
• It is a legal requirement to have headlights on at all times of day;
• There water here makes your skin incredibly dry - everyone, even the bullish men around here, use hand creams. I'm drinking a lot of water but it is causing my lips to crack!

Today I caught and weighed the resident Snowy Owl, with the assistance and guidance of the head animal carer and below is a picture of the splendid beast'.....