THE ARCTIC


 

ANIMALS

Arctic Wildlife
Easy to read facts and photos about the Arctic's animals of the land, air, and sea.
Arctic Refuge Coloring Book
Learn about some of the animals of the arctic, then you can print out a picture to color. (You need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the picture pages.)  Caribou, grizzly bear, plover, wolf, musk oxen, polar bear, and northern shoveler.
Arctic Animals
From Enchanted Learning: facts and illustrations about the Arctic many animals of the Arctic.
Arctic Birds
Facts and a photo about birds of the Arctic: Albatross, bald eagle, peregrine falcon, ptarmigan, puffin, and snowy owl.
Arctic Mammals
Learn about the Arctic fox, caribou and reindeer, lemmings, and musk ox from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
Arctic Sea Mammals
Facts and a photo about the sea creatures of the Arctic: beluga whale, orca, polar bear, sea otter, seals, and walrus.


PEOPLE

The Arctic
Easy to read site with an introduction about the Arctic, the community (people), wildlife, plants, and more.
Indigenous People
Inuit: People of the Arctic
Yu'Pik: Real People
Yu'Pik Eskimos of Alaska
Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People
This requires Flash to play the video about these peole of the Arctic. From the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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page created February 2003