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Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre
1423 Alaska Hwy, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 6J9, Canada Phone: +1 867-667-8855 www.beringia.comAbout
The Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre is a research and exhibition facility located at km 1423 on the Alaska Highway in Whitehorse, Yukon, which opened in 1997.
The focus of the interpretive centre is the story of Beringia, the 3200 km landmass stretching from the Kolyma River in Siberia to the MacKenzie River in Canada, which remained non glaciated during the Pleistocene due to light snowfall from an arid climate. Beringia is of special interest to archeologists and paleontologists as it played a crucial role in the migrations of many animals and humans between Asia and the Americas. The term Beringia was first coined by the Swedish botanist Eric Hultén in 1937.
During Beringia's long history some animals migrated Easterly others Westerly and yet others reveal many episodes of dispersal.
