CHRISTMAS SPECIAL: Where Are Reindeer Found?
The Greenland Reindeer is an important source of meat for its natives.
There are approximately 500,000 reindeer in Scandinavia.
Eurasia, primarily Russia, supports one million reindeer, often forming superherds of 50,000 to 500,000.
There are approximately 20,000 Reindeer in Western Alaska.
Reindeer are also known as Caribou in Canada
The last remaining Wild Mountain Reindeer in Europe are found in portions of Southern Norway
There are three large herds of migratory Tundra Wild Reindeer in Central Siberia.
DID YOU KNOW? The idea that reindeer brought people safely home over a harsh winter landscape is likely to have inspired the popular story of Father Christmas.