1. Arctic Tundra: The Frozen Desert
Stick Reves® Travel Agency
Joey Chin, Liem Tu, Andrew Weiss, Rachel Gallagher
Period 7

2. Arctic Tundra

3. Biome Features Flat Ground is permanently frozen No trees
Some permafrost melts in summer

4. Climate Winter: cold and dark Average temperature: -18 F
Avg. summer temp.: 12 F
Can reach up to 54 degrees Fahrenheit
Water forms lakes and marshes during summer
Winds can reach 30 mph
Yearly precipitation cm (6-10in.)

6. Plants Over 1700 species of plants
Examples: arctic willow, pasque flower, bearberry, purple saxifrage, arctic poppy, cottongrass
Shallow root systems prevents large plants

7. Animals Arctic Fox has short ears and with thick coat to keep warm
Low amounts of biodiversity in tundra
Snowy owls
Mining and drilling threaten animals

8. Seasonal Information Visit in summer – 53 days of 24/7 sunshine
Don’t come in Winter – temperatures can reach -50F

9. Unique features of the Biome
During summer there is daylight 24 hours
Largest biome

10. Adaptations
Animals, such as arctic foxes, breed and raise young quickly in the summer as an adaption to the long, cold winters. Most animals also are insulated with more fat.
Arctic moss plants store nutrients when not growing so that new leaves can be made quickly in the Spring.

11. Tourism Polar bear swim (use extreme caution) Building igloos
Observing wildlife

12. Joey Chin, Liem Tu, Andrew Weiss, Rachel Gallagher

13. Sources
“Biomes.” coft. Earth floor. N.d. web. 15 Dec
“Tundra Animals.” Tundra Animals. N.d. web. 15 Dec
“Arctic Moss.” Tundra Plants. N.d. web. 15. Dec