Arctic Animals Habitat Facts
This sheet includes the habitat weather location countries where the habitat is unique animals and moreThis includes 13 habitats including Antarctic Arctic Desert Forest Marsh Mountains Ocean Pond Prairie Rainforest Savanna Subjects.
Arctic animals habitat facts. The North Pole is in the middle of the Arctic Ocean which is surrounded by the land masses of North America Europe and Asia so there is a land connection to the south meaning that land animals can more easily reach the Arctic unlike Antarctica where animals must be able to swim or fly across hundreds of miles of frigid and storm-prone ocean even at the narrowest point. The diet of Arctic fox habitat consists mainly of rodents birds and fish. Polar habitats are very cold but some wildlife can survive there.
The Arctic North Pole situated in the Northern hemisphere is known for its extreme weather climate and incredibly diverse fauna and flora. Most species and subspecies also live in alpine ecosystems which are higher and colder than trees can grow. Animals youll find in antarctica include.
Arctic tundra is cold frozen and has no trees. Most of the small plants and thick-haired animals such as musk ox in the region live on this land. This animal easily tolerates extremely low temperatures in arctic tundra and arctic desert.
The Arctic Fox is in fact the only land mammal native to Iceland. The habitat has a long and brutal winter and the barren landscape provides many challenges. Polar habitats get very very cold it can get as cold as -50C in the Arctic and temperatures in Antarctica have been as cold as -89C.
The Arctic summer has daylight 24 hours a day. Arctic hares area of distribution covers vast territory stretching from Greenland and northernmost regions of Canada to Newfoundland and Labrador. The North Pole is one of the most mysterious and inhospitable places on planet Earth.
When food is scarce during the winter they will often follow polar bears and eat the scraps that they leave behind. Below are some really neat facts about the arctic tundra. 0-20 Arctic Animals Counting and Sequencing.