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Polar habitats SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Animal groups
p.22

Polar habitats are snow- or ice-covered areas found ▸ ▸ Antarctica p.24
in the coldest places on Earth—the Arctic in the north ▸ ▸ Arctic p.25
and Antarctic in the south. There are no trees and ▸ ▸ Earth p.83

only very few plants. Animals have to survive in ▸ ▸ Habitats p.126
freezing temperatures. ▸ ▸ Oceans and seas
p.187

Arctic Antarctic
Around the North Pole at the top of the world is Around the South Pole at the bottom of the world
the frozen Arctic Ocean. The Arctic also includes is the large landmass, or continent, of Antarctica.
the northern tips of Canada, Russia, Greenland, The Antarctic is the coldest and windiest place on
and Norway. Earth. It has no large land animals.

Snowy owls have Wandering albatrosses
Arctic skuas often thick feathers to have the widest
chase other birds keep them warm. wingspan of all birds.
to steal their food.

Reindeer walk
long distances in Emperor penguins
search of food. huddle together for
warmth in the winter. Chinstrap penguins
Polar bears have live in large
thick fur coats to groups, called
keep them warm. colonies.

Animals use pieces
of floating ice to
take a rest.
An iceberg is a chunk
of floating ice. Most
of it is underwater.

Walruses use their Southern elephant Weddell seals
tusks for fighting seals catch krill, have thick layers
and pulling fish, and squid in of fat to keep
themselves the cold ocean. them warm in the
onto the ice. cold water.

Arctic Ocean Male narwhals Southern minke Southern Ocean
In the center of the Arctic Ocean have a long tooth. whales use their beak Around Antarctica, the
is a gigantic piece of ice that Narwhals eat squid to make holes in the Southern Ocean is very cold.
never melts. The icy water and large fish. ice for breathing air. Huge chunks of ice, called
around it is full of fish and squid. icebergs, float in the water.

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