Tundra

You feel the cool breeze as winter recedes in the beautiful Alaskan Yukon. As you stand in the breeze you think, “this is the most beautiful place in the world”. Everyone who has visited Alaska has said the same thing, and even the most strict critics have admitted to its splendor. Alaska is an amazing place the history, landscape, wildlife, and the many things to do will show you that Alaska truly is a place of wonder and majesty. Historians still do not know when and how people began to live…

The Eurasian Lynx is one of four species of lynx. The scientific classification is the L. Lynx. Its natural habitats are the forests, tundra, and Mountains. They range in Scandinavia, Northern Europe, and Asia. they weigh up to about 84 pounds, but the average weight of a male is 48 lbs. The average weight of a female is 40 lbs. They rank the largest out of the whole species. Eurasian Lynx are nocturnal meaning, they sleep all day and go hunting during the night. Their diet contains of rabbits,…

The Arctic fox can survive frigid Arctic temperatures as low as –58°F in the treeless lands where it makes its home. It has furry paws, short ears, and a short muzzle all-important adaptations to the chilly climate Arctic foxes live in burrows, and in a blizzard they may tunnel into the snow to create shelter.Only fox that changes color,their white coat (sometimes gray)are used as camouflage.When the seasons change the fox’s coat turns into a bluish gray color.These colorings help foxes to…

Specific environmental conditions may play a role in how enzyme activity is affected. We conducted an experiment to observe whether the change in temperature altered the reaction rate of an enzyme. The activity rate of our enzyme, catechol oxidase, was collected by analyzing the changes in absorption rate of the enzyme in a buffered catechol solution after being placed in four different temperatures. In which one solution remained out in room temperature being to be our negative control. Each of…

a living. Sometime the Inuit have bad time and have god time as will. The current population of the Inuit people today is 160,000 people. The language of the Inuit is Inuktitut and it is hard to learn the language. The Inuit people live in the Tundra of the Arctic in the past. They live today is in the Arctic, Canada, Alaska, and in Russia. The social structure of the Inuit: their family have 5-6 people. The mother and the father work to together but the father are head of the house. The…

Where the World Began Response Whether it is barren tundra or a bustling metropolis, one’s homeland evokes a certain amount of emotional attachment that is generally not understood by others within one’s life. This is skilfully shown within Margaret Laurence’s “Where the World Began”, in which she is able to proudly describe many of the reasons why her town in the Canadian prairies are where her roots begin, despite her town being labelled as undesirable to the untrained eye. Through a variety…

the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest and Deciduous forest (Government of Ontario). 26 million hectares, covering one of the largest expanses of wetland in the world, the Hudson Bay Lowlands is characterized by bogs, fens, few slow growing forest and tundra, of this two-thirds of this area is bogland (or muskeg) –which is an acidic soil and the area also sports thousands of lakes and ponds (Government of Ontario). It is common to find stunted tree (stunted tamarack, black spruce, white birch,…

Jimmy Carter applies a crafty choice of words in his foreword, beginning with his representation of the wildlife reserve. He mentions how he gazed at the “brilliant mosaic of wildflowers, mosses, and lichens” and reminisced when “the sweep of tundra before [them] became flooded with life.” By pointing out the elegance and allure of the ANWR, he presents the refuge as more than simply mountains and trees. He portrays it as an area with depth, soul, and life, touching the hearts of the audience.…

Canada and America may belong to North America as a whole but there are many differences within a few miles itself, the differences may occur in history, geography, government, language or the point of view that both countries have towards each other. English and French are the two official languages of Canada whereas English is the official language of America, some services may be provided in Spanish because of it’s large Spanish speaking population Independence in Canada was rather gained by…

000 years by the Paleo-Indians. During the Paleolithic revolution about 40,000 years ago, a life based on hunting, and gathering appeared in Europe, Africa and Asia. As Paleolithic hunters in Asia began to push further and further into the arctic tundra while perusing bigger game, they eventually crossed Beringia a massive land bridge connecting the two continents that enabled the hunters to enter…