What are Some Arctic Animals?
The Arctic is the northernmost region on the Earth’s surface. It is the area surrounding the North Pole. There are several definitions for the Arctic region, but the two most popular refer to anything north of the Arctic Circle, or anywhere the temperature averages less than 10°C (50°F) in July, which roughly corresponds to the treeline. Both are generally the same area, though the latter definition of the Arctic is larger, and includes the Bering Sea, the Aleutian islands, Greenland, Iceland, and parts of northern Canada and Siberia. Because of extreme cold, sparse ground vegetation (the ground is usually frozen solid), high winds, and dryness, the Arctic is sparsely populated by humans or animals, though both do live there. Arctic animals include lemmings, muskox, caribou (also called reindeer), Arctic fox, wolves, polar bears, wolverines, ermines, Arctic hares, Arctic ground squirrels, seals, and walruses. All Arctic animals depend on nutrition from the tundra, either directly, as i
