The Longest Migration — Yukon River King Salmon
<p>Every year, countless millions of salmon carry out one of the greatest animal migrations on earth. The longest and most remarkable of these journeys runs virtually the entire length of the Yukon River — an immense watershed that sprawls across interior Alaska and into northwestern Canada.</p>
<p>Some years ago, a female king (or chinook) salmon was radio tagged in the lower reaches of the Yukon River by Dr. John Eiler, a research biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Juneau, Alaska. Two months later, that fish spawned in the Nisutlin River (pronounced Na-zet-lin), near the village of Teslin in the Yukon Territory of Canada.</p>
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