Why One Arctic Fox Took the Longest Migration in the Species’ History

The effects of climate change can be tracked in a single animal’s record-breaking journey

Adam Popescu
OneZero
Published in
5 min readJun 25, 2019

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TTwenty-seven hundred miles — 2,743, to be exact — is how far one arctic fox traveled over sea ice and glaciers last year during a 76-day polar marathon. The fox’s journey began on the island of…

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