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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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What is the temperature of the Arctic in February?

Given that Antarctica is about as large as USA and Mexico combined, you could pick a number between about zero degrees F. and minus 100 degrees F. and that number would be the temperature somewhere on the continent during February.

Animals in the Arctic?

polar bears, foxes, birds, hares, and oxes

What are 5 producers in the arctic?

The Producers, in the biological sense, are large multicellular brown algaes (like kelp), and unicellular algaes that form the phytoplankton. Thses unicellular algaies are members of one of several algal groups. One example would be the Chrysophyta, the Golden Algaes. Pretty much all plants are producers.

How many people visit arctic every year?

Since 1988, about two million people visit Glacier NP each year.

Why is exploring the Arctic regions important?

so the poler bears have a place to live in

What are houses like in the arctic?

They tend to be quite colorful as they are in many parts of the Arctic, and they are all raised above the ground to allow air to flow beneath due to the permafrost.

Could you tell how many independent nations have land that lies partly within the Arctic Circle?

The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada, Denmark (Greenland), and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey).

How many different species live in the arctic?

if i am correct there are about over 50 animals in the Antarctica because many more are dying around

What is a large piece of ice that covers land?

A large piece of ice that covers land is called an Ice Sheet.

How do arctic willow adapt to the cold?

An Arctic Willow is the only tree that lives in the Arctic Tundra and it only grow about 4 inches fronthe ground. lol hope i helped!!!

People how have been to the Arctic?

For people to live in the arctic would be cold

Where is the arctic in the US?

Part of Alaska lies above the Arctic Circle.

What are people doing to help the Arctic?

people are creating a global sanctuary.

What is the unusual about the arctic summer?

the sun doesn't set :) wow a whole summer without night

What are the arctic lowlands vegetation?

There are not very many plants in the arctic lowlands. There are not many trees or anything that has flowers. There is just mainly shrubs and lichen.

How many months does the sun not set in the Arctic Circle?

Your answer depends on where you are on the continent.

On the Antarctic Peninsula -- near the Antarctic Circle, you only experience one day of no sunset. At the South Pole, the period is six months.

What adaptations do you need to survive in water?

the most important would be nonpourous skin (skin than is resistant to absorbing water) or fur or feathers that accomplish the same thing. Then there would have to be an efficent way of getting nutrients, if its is difficult to capture or find food, plants or animals ,it is unlikely that the animals would survive. These would be the most important but there could be many others that would help.

What would you do if you were stuck in the Arctic?

Your answer depends on the type of emergency.

Antarctica is isolated, unsettled and lacks resources you can find in more civilized locations.

Generally, people who work and live there -- in support of science -- take care of each other.