[blam]

"They had crossed from Nova Scotia on the ice (minimum 100 miles). Looks like they are here for good, tearing up the new-born caribou, moose, etc."

Think the Caribou will survive?

We made a stop in Halifax once in the early 60's. We had been out in the North Atlantic (submarines) pretending to be a Soviet attacking force. When we would surface and I was the look-out, that was the coldest I've ever been...and, some of the roughest seas too.

[Boreas]

Think the Caribou will survive?

They should survive. They survived wolves until wolves became extinct here (on the island) in the early 1930s. Moose were introduced to Newfoundland in 1904 from New Brunswick, and they also survived wolves. Hunters can now kill coyotes when they are hunting caribou, moose, etc. Coyotes are not wolves of course. When coyote populations are low they produce more and more live offspring per female. When populations are high, they produce fewer live offspring. What caribou and moose do vis-a-vis coyotes isn't known here yet, but Wildlife has said it doesn't look disasterous.

...surface and I was the look-out, that was the coldest I've ever been...and, some of the roughest seas too.

I think about those cool seas out there when I see hurricanes down your way. If they head our way, I watch them decrease in strength and breath a sign of relief as they approach us. Just the same, after watching Katrina last year, and reading your posts, I got up in the attic and screwed 33 cross-beams/collar beams to the roof rafters. House is quieter now, as well as stronger.
It never gets really cold here. Most winter days are just below freezing. I have English Oak and Garry Oak (Google that one) growing the back yard. Of course I have Siberian Fir and Siberian Spruce growing too.
This afternoon it was 60F and sunny. I stopped in on a friend, and he was on his lawn mower, making the first cut of the season. I hear you chuckling.