Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre

Opened in 1997 in Whitehorse, Yukon, the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre serves as both a museum and research facility devoted to Beringia, the unglaciated Ice Age landmass that once linked Siberia and Canada. Because its arid climate brought only light snowfall during the Pleistocene, this region became a key route for the movement of animals and humans between Asia and the Americas. Its interpretation and research explore migration in both directions, rare Pleistocene mammals, and sites such as Bluefish Caves, the Klondike gold fields, and Old Crow. Through scientific study, including radiocarbon dating, it helps place Yukon within the larger story of Ice Age environments and the peopling of the Americas.

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