THE ARCTIC

INTRODUCTION to the ARCTIC
(land, polar seas, wildlife, communities, weather)

THE PEOPLE (INUIT)
( communities, services, transportation, survival)

• Inuit clothing (traditional, modern)
• food (traditional, modern)

PLANTS

• adaptations
• Arctic willow, flowers
• mosses and lichens

WILDLIFE
(animals on land, in the sea, birds)

• Arctic birds
  Arctic tern, snow geese, raven, ptarmigan,
  snowy owl, tundra swan
• Arctic fox
• Arctic hare
• Arctic Wolf
• Caribou
• Lemmings
• Musk Oxen
• Polar Bear
• Seal
• Walrus
• Weasel
• Whales bowhead, beluga, narwhal
• Wolverine

CLIMATE CHANGE - dangers, challenges
(new March 2017)

INUKSUK - stone markers

ARCTIC ALPHABET - - from Animals to Zones

LINKS & RESOURCES for teachers

THE CANADIAN ARCTIC - TERRITORIES (map)

• NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
  tour and facts
  
• NUNAVUT
  tour and facts
  
• YUKON
  tour and facts