Discovering the Arctic Tundra: Exploring the Frozen Desert

Discovering the Arctic Tundra: Exploring the Frozen Desert
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Join Stick Reves Travel Agency and its team members, Joey Chin, Liem Tu, Andrew Weiss, and Rachel Gallagher, as they take on an exhilarating journey to explore the Arctic Tundra. Learn about the biome features, unique climate, and more!

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1. Arctic Tundra: The Frozen Desert Stick Reves Travel Agency Joey Chin, Liem Tu, Andrew Weiss, Rachel Gallagher Period 7

2. Arctic Tundra

3. Biome Features Flat Ground is permanently frozen No trees Some permafrost melts in summer

4. Climate Winter: cold and dark Average temperature: -18 F Avg. summer temp.: 12 F Can reach up to 54 degrees Fahrenheit Water forms lakes and marshes during summer Winds can reach 30 mph Yearly precipitation 14-25 cm (6-10in.)

6. Plants Over 1700 species of plants Examples: arctic willow, pasque flower, bearberry, purple saxifrage, arctic poppy, cottongrass Shallow root systems prevents large plants

7. Animals Arctic Fox has short ears and with thick coat to keep warm Low amounts of biodiversity in tundra Snowy owls Mining and drilling threaten animals

8. Seasonal Information Visit in summer 53 days of 24/7 sunshine Dont come in Winter temperatures can reach -50F

9. Unique features of the Biome During summer there is daylight 24 hours Largest biome

10. Adaptations Animals, such as arctic foxes, breed and raise young quickly in the summer as an adaption to the long, cold winters. Most animals also are insulated with more fat. Arctic moss plants store nutrients when not growing so that new leaves can be made quickly in the Spring.

11. Tourism Polar bear swim (use extreme caution) Building igloos Observing wildlife

12. Joey Chin, Liem Tu, Andrew Weiss, Rachel Gallagher

13. Sources Biomes. coft. Earth floor. N.d. web. 15 Dec. 2013 http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr /tundra.html Tundra Animals. Tundra Animals. N.d. web. 15 Dec. 2013. http://www.tundraanimals.net/ Arctic Moss. Tundra Plants. N.d. web. 15. Dec. 2013 http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra_plant_pa ge.htm