Large flocks of lesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) fly through eastern Washington from April to May during their northern spring migration. In the year 1900, the population of snow geese was only 2,000 to 3,000 birds. However, the population of snow geese has since rebounded, with a world population of 6 to 7 million. Washington’s population of lesser snow geese migrates to and from Wrangel Island in Russia, which is northwest of the Bering Strait. WDFW Public Affairs intern Mit

Migratory Snow geese that arrive by the thousands and stay in the Skagit Valley all winter. The numbers of snow geese here have been increasing — the population on Wrangel Island has gone from around 50,000 in the 1970s to over 300,000 now. The Department of Fish and Wildlife does their regional population surveys of the geese later in the winter. For the March 2023 survey flight, the department counted 91,608 birds from southern British Columbia and down south to northern King County. Adding th

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In the summer of 1879 the USS Jeannette sailed into the Arctic Ocean in hopes that the drifting ice would carry her to the North Pole. Lt Commander George W De Long led the crew of thirty-three men with full government backing and support from the New York Herald. Near Wrangel Island in September the ship became trapped for twenty-one long months until on June 12 1881 the hull broke, leaving the men stranded on ice as they fought harsh storms and lost boats in a brutal journey to Siberia. | The