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The snow crab, aka queen crab or spider crab, dwells as far north as the Arctic Ocean and as far south as California. These crustaceans face the threats of overfishing and over harvesting, climate change, that causes warming ocean temperatures, a faster metabolism, and lack of available food. The parasitic […]

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The bearded seal, aka square flipper seal, gets its name from 2 Greek words (eri & gnathos) that refer to its heavy jaw. These seals are widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere in the Arctic Ocean. They can be found off the coasts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, northern Europe, […]

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The ringed seal is a small earless seal species found throughout the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions on every continent in the northern hemisphere. In fact, they are the most abundantly found seal in the northern hemisphere. Due to their large population of an estimated 1,500,000 individuals, these seals face many […]

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The Arctic tern, known in part for having the longest migratory route of any animal in the world, travels up to 55,923 miles each year! These oceanic birds make stops in numerous countries in the northern and southern hemisphere. Even though they face the threats of overfishing; hunting; trapping; invasive […]

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The bowhead whale, aka bowhead, Arctic whale, black right whale, Greenland right whale, steeple-top, polar whale, or Russian whale, can be found in the Arctic and subarctic oceans. There they spend their entire lives, unlike other whales that migrate to warmer waters to birth their young. With a population of […]

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The Arctic char, aka Arctic charr, can be found in alpine lakes, as well as in Arctic and Subarctic coastal waters. These fish can be anadromous (spend part of their lives in the ocean and part in freshwater) and move from freshwater habitats to the local saltwater bodies and back […]

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The little auk is a small oceanic predatory bird that makes its home in the Arctic, the Bering Sea, Iceland, Greenland, northern Russia, Canada, and the United States. They are a migratory bird that travels south for the winter. There are only 2 known species of auks: the lesser and […]

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From their beautiful white winter coats, to their ginormous hind feet, the snowshoe hare is a cool critter indeed. It’s feet may look ridiculously large, but they are what helps them survive in the harsh environment in which they live. Hares are larger than rabbits and tend to live above […]

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The beluga whale, aka white whale or sea canary, calls the frigid Arctic waters its home. These beautiful white whales rely on their coloration to blend in with their icy surroundings. Belugas are considered to be the most vocal of all cetaceans. Despite human interference, at the hands of overfishing, […]

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The narwhal is as strange as it is fascinating. With their long tusk that sticks out from the front of their head they roam the Arctic waters in search of food and companionship. A little known fact is that some narwhals actually have 2 tusks, but this is typically a […]

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