Young Fox Does A Walkabout (2,176 miles worth)

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Upon her release in Norway, a one year old female Arctic fox went of a 2,176 mile trek from Norway, across part of Greenland and ultimately into Canada.  Scientist, tracking the fox via her GPC collar, were stunned by not only the distance, but the fact the she traversed the distance in just 76 days.  They would be tracking her still if her  GPS had not failed.

Eva Fuglei, a research scientists at the Polar Institute, spoke to Norway's NRK public broadcaster about the fox's unlikely journey. "We couldn't believe our eyes at first," she said. "We thought perhaps it was dead, or had been carried there on a boat, but there were no boats in the area. We were quite thunderstruck."

Fuglei has been tracking how foxes cope in with the dramatic changes of the Arctic seasons, BBC News reports. No fox has been recorded traveling that far, that fast before.

Scientist speculate that finding food was her primary motivation.  Apparently, she didn't leave a note.