ARCTIC LIBRARY
Check out our ARCTIC ANIMALS, BIRDS, POLAR BEARS, WHALES & FISH and SLED DOG sections. There's just about everything in this library that you'd ever need to know about the Arctic, listed both ALPHABETICALLY and by CATEGORY. Ideal for students. (Double-click any word on these pages for a "pop-up" definition.)
A helicopter pilot and his
buddy - a ribbon seal pup.
( The seal is on the left )
Photo: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
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CANADIAN ARCTIC PROFILES: SPECIES
All of the Arctic animals and maps showing where they are during the different seasons.
IT'S POLAR BEAR SEASON!
An Athropolis NEWS story about the 300 or so polar bears that wander through Churchill each fall.
NORTHERN BREED DOGS
Northern peoples have bred dogs for 3 primary purposes - herding, assisting hunters, and for pulling sleds and other conveyances.
Mushing Terms
Mushing: General
Mushing: Racing
HINTERLAND WHO'S WHO
We not only want to learn about nature, we also want to understand how to play a part in preserving it. Together, the Canadian Wildlife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Federation are bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to the rejuvenated Hinterland Who’s Who and to the Canadian public.
POLAR HABITAT - NATIONAL GEOPGRAPHIC KIDS
It’s frigid and you’re surrounded by ice. You wonder how any animal could survive in this extreme cold. Then a polar bear and her cubs lumber by, and in the ocean behind them a whale erupts from the water.
WHAT ARE ARCTIC ANIMALS?
All sorts of resources and information for all grades.
KIDDOPEDIA: ARCTIC ANIMALS
Teach your children about the snow and polar animals with this educational videos of arctic animals complete with animal sounds.
CLASSROOM FRIENDLY VIDEOS FOR STUDYING THE ARCTIC
How do whales and polar bears keep warm? A blubber experiment!,
