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Great Passage principle

Lessons from Arctic Tern

Follow the light.

Pole-to-Pole Migration

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) featured animal image on AnimalDex

Core lesson

A small body can belong to the whole world when it follows the light.

Biological basis

Arctic Terns make one of the longest migrations of any animal, traveling between Arctic breeding grounds and Antarctic waters each year.

Best use cases

Where this lesson tends to be most useful in practice.

MigrationLong journeysSeasonal purposeEnduranceGlobal movement

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