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Arctic
The Arctic is the region around the Earth's North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole.
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Which island is located in the arctic region but belongs to a country outside to arctic region?
Greenland is an island in the arctic that is a territory of Denmark.
Greenland
What provinces are the Arctic Lowlands?
Most of the Arctic Lowlands lie in Nunavut Territory, formerly part of the Northwest Territories.
What is the arctic weather like?
The weather in the Arctic is, of course, very cold. The winters are long and extremely cold; even in the summer it doesn't get much warmer. There is very little precipitation (snow) although strong winds often create the illusion of snowfall.
What minerals are found in the Antarctic Environment?
Due to the Antarctic Treaty, mining is prohibited. Iron ore, chromium, copper, gold, nickel, platinum and other minerals, and coal and hydrocarbons have been found in small, uncommercial quantities.
What are Arctic conditions like?
The Arctic region is unique in comparison to Earth's other ecosystems. It consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean surrounded by treeless permafrost. Recently, the existence of sea ice has declined. Life in the Arctic includes zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants, and human societies. It often has cold and extreme weather conditions.
In which month does the sun hit the arctic?
In the contiguous United States, the warmest month is considered to be July. The average temperature recorded in the lower 48 states was at 77.6 degrees.
How many degrees is the antarctic?
In summer it hovers just above zero. In winter it can drop to 40 degrees below zero.
In terms of Latitude, the arctic is the region above the arctic is the region north of 77 degrees north
they eat berries, mosses lichens, buds, leaves, seaweed, bark, willow twigs polar bears and large bears such as owls eat them
Arctic port of murmansk to remain ice free in the winter?
The North Atlantic Current allows the Arctic port of Murmansk to remain ice-free in the winter.
What plants live in the Arctic?
Plants live in the Arctic like mosses and stuff.
Although it is very difficult to survive in the Arctic, many low growing plants can
be found there. Examples are sedges, lichens, and heaths. The Labrador Tea is a
heath that grows only 2 to 3 inches high.
When does the Arctic have summer?
Its summer is June-July-August just as the rest of the Northern Hemisphere, but is very short. In some places, it does not get above freezing. It varies widely because the Arctic is very large.
Why is the tundra called Land of the Midnight Sun?
The Tundra is very far NORTH the sun never sets for at least 6 months out of the year! Imagine going to bed late in the day and the sun is still streaming through your windows. The Tundra is very cold no trees grow there it is like an ICE DESERT and yet the Tundra is one of the youngest places on earth. It is thought that the Tundra biologically is about 10,000 years old.
Do people live in the polar ice caps?
people don't live on the polar ice cap but they do, do research on the caps.
What are the major characteristics of the Arctic Tundra?
the major characteristics are the wonderful plant life and wildlife. From arctic foxes to its polar bears and wolves the artic tundra is beautiful! In the winter time the temp. gets up to 34 degrees celcius and in the summer the temp. gets up to 3-12 degrees celcius! talk about cold! 15-25cm of precipitation! :)
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Once fall is over, the transition for winter is quick. Lakes and ponds freeze. Snowfall is only 25 - 30 cm per year. There are 3 months of darkness above Arctic Circle. Many mammals and birds migrate to the region during the summer. Arctic foxes and snowshoe hares change their fur color. For example : In the winter, arctic fox's fur would be white, same as the hare. In the winter, the fur would be brown.
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Where is the Arctic Ocean located?
The Arctic Ocean is located in the northern hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic polar region. It is almost completely surrounded by Eurasia and North America.
You should draw a circle by first drawing a square. Then turn that square into a house. Then turn the house into a penguin. After all of this get another piece of paper then draw a circle.
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Did the Inuit people interact with the other tribes?
Yes! They really got around, whether by sled or by kayak!
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How many Native American tribes are in the Arctic region?
The main people in the farthest north of what is now the arctic regions of the US and Canada are the Inuit (Iñupiat, Aleut and Yupik) related peoples from the Bering Sea to Greenland. There are about 120,000 today. They are thought to have arrived in the area starting in the 1000s. South of them in the western side, and often in conflict with them, are the many different Dene' peoples who speak Northern Athabascan languages (31 different ones). Inland Tlingit live to the north too and they are to be in the larger family with the Dene. There are also Cree and Innu and others who are a Algonquian-speaking peoples. They are to the south and east.
There are many didfernt mays to count how many tribes., so the anwser as to numbers is difficult. There are modern first nation and United Staes tribal organizations, there are linguistic and enthic groupings and relationships and the people have shifted over time. There are about 1.3 million people of native descent in Canada, most in the arctic and subarctic and about 100,000 in Alaska.
What part of North America is Alaska in?
Five, Southcentral, Panhandle, Interior, Southwestern and North Shelf.
