Hi! I am Frosty the polar bear, and I really need your help! You see, I have a big problem. The problem is that I am running out of space to live! The reason why is that you peskey humans are using up all of my water! If I don't have any water, that means that there is no water to freese into the ice that makes up my home. If I do not have room to live, that deffinitely means I don't have any room to hunt. If I do not have any place that I can hunt from, I can not get any food for my self, And do
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Kohen Stuart Mrs. Dene’/Mr. Miller English-Science/7A 24 April 2018 Polar Bears Did you know that Polar Bears are the largest member of the bear family? Males are 8-11 feet tall and 500-1400 pounds. Females are 6-8 feet tall and weigh up to 750 pounds. They are a species that thrive in the changing environment around them. They have many ways of hunting their favorite prey, the Ringed Seal. Their habitat and diet are very unique to them. There are many threats to the species. They are trying their
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Almost parallel to situation of the polar bears, the emperor penguin is also at risk of extinction. The penguin, similar to the polar bear is also a top predator in the arctic food chain that is being greatly impacted by the loss of sea ice. Just as the polar bear is starving as a result of other species dying off, the emperor penguin has also been experiencing the loss of krill. Krill, a small crustacean, akin to a shrimp, is the main food source of the emperor penguin. When the ice melts, the penguins
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Arctic Tribal Music “For family, for survival” "What is music?" he asked in his curious reed-like voice. "If you ask the wrong questions, you get the wrong answers”. “But I want the right questions”…. Active listening can help determine the usual characteristics of music i.e. forms, elements, and roots. But how do you know what your ears hear is music. And would you know to define it? One person’s homophonic passage is another’s minimalist rhythm. Yet one aspect is universal; it’s the fact
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more pollution, the more the world’s temperature increases but this is all about to change. Global cooling is caused by Global Warming heating up the world and melting the ice caps. The ice caps then release fresh water, which now dilutes into the Arctic waters making it less salty. This means the Gulf Stream will no longer sink to the ocean floor and will not make its return journey to the Gulf of Mexico. As soon as the Gulf Stream switches off there is no warm air reaching the Artic. In result the
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they can’t out smart the cold? For the case of the wood frog, they simply embrace it and bring a whole new meaning to being frozen solid. Lithobates sylvaticus, or the wood frog, are found inhabiting forests stretching from the Appalachians to the Arctic Circle (Miami, n.d.). They are one of the only species capable of freezing their bodies solid to survive sub zero temperatures. This incredible adaption allows wood frogs, such as the one shown in Figure 1, to thaw and emerge unharmed after the freezing
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to survive in the freezing cold? Well the Arctic Fox or Alopex lagopus knows exactly what it's like. This fluffy animal belongs to the family Mammalia and is a little bit bigger than a regular house cat. This animal lives in the Arctic Tundra. WIth the seasonal colored fur, this animal can blend in with its natural terrain easily. The arctic fox is a very fascinating creature with lots of things about it to learn. Wild animals have to have certain structural
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ability to restore itself. Controlled by sedge, heath, willow, moss, and lichen. Plains that are pretty much alike, called alpine tundra, occur above the timberline in the high mountains of the world. Even the Antarctic area has a couple of its own arctic regions itself. The climate of the tundra is characterized by harsh winters. The average temperature in the tundra area is about –27 degrees. But what is even worse are the long night. At nights the lowest temperture recorded was –67.36 degrees
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Arctic Survival – From Success to Failure Contrary to the outcome exhibited by most other groups during the Arctic Survival exercise, our team score (34) was lower than my individual score (64). This is not to suggest that group collaboration is detrimental; in fact, our outcome was unique among the class and of great surprise to the professor and entire class section. To be sure, pooling resources, elaboration of material, and support and motivation, while perhaps more time consuming, typically
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of the Arctic. In figure F-1, shown are several features which helps the Polar bear adapt to environment minus a few which will be noted later. These amazing powerful creatures are one of the few mammals which have adapted to its marine environment. As seen in figure F-1, the polar bear has large feet. “To help protect their feet, there are pads on the bottom of them. They are designed to give them plenty of traction for walking on the slippery ice” (2011). The ground in the arctic is permanently
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