Arctic

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Beaufort Sea

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A large Northern Sea. Oil and Natural Gas are under the Beaufort Sea floor.

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Caribou

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In the summer they live in the Arctic.

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Camouflage

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The way an animal blends in with its surroundings, it helps the animal to hide and protects it from its enemies.

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Dark

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In the winter it is dark because there is little light from the sun because the North Pole slants away from the sun.

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Fat

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Most of the food that Arctic animals eat is stored as fat. In the winter food is not that available. The fat provides them with energy and warmth.

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Fur

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Arctic animals have double furs to protect them from the cold and wind in the winter. An overcoat of long hair/fur and an undercoat of short wool-like fur/hair.

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Glaciers

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Large sheets of ice that move down a slope or a valley. Looks like a river of ice.

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Lakes

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A glacial lake is formed at the end of a melting glacier.

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Hudson Bay

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The largest bay in Canada.

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Iceburg

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A huge chunk of ice broken away from a glacier.Most of the iceburg is underwater. Danger to ships.

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Oil

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A natural resource found in the Arctic, under the floor of the Beaufort Sea.

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Permafrost

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Ground is frozen for most of the year.

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Polar Bear

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Largest predator in the Arctic, in both winter and summer.

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Tundra

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In the Arctic is a treeless landscape. Trees cannot grow because the growing season is too short. The land is mostly flat and rocky with many lakes, ponds, marshes and rivers.

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Six

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Summer in the Arctic last only 6 weeks.Temperatures are warm and some of the snow and surface ice melts.