North America 2

The farthest north place. Area between the North Pole and the northern timberline of North America, Europe, and Asia

Point beyond which trees cannot grow because of extreme cold, type of soil and other factors

Northern lights that sometimes light up the night sky

Large masses of ice that flow slowly over land

A piece of glacier that has moved down a mountain or across a polar regions and broken off into the sea

Many tiny plants and animals that thrive in the article waters

Small whales whose males have a single spiraled tusk

Some of the world's largest carnivores that live on the ice and hunt the seal

Strange looking birds who spend their time swimming and diving for fish in the Artic Ocean's icy water

Seals with coarse, frost proof hair and a thick layer of fat.

Thick layer of fat that keeps fur seals warm and keeps water from penetrating to their skin

People depend on it for food, clothing, light and heat

Greenland

Viking from Norway who founded Geeenland's first European settlement

Region of treeless Artic plains north of the timberline

Coldest regions of the earth

Tundra region's nickname because in summer time the sun shines all day and all night

Permanently frozen ground

One of the hardiest plants on earth. Two kinds of plants- fungi and algae- growing together.

The world's smallest tree

A sea bird that migrates farther than any other bird

Arctic bird that has on its feet a mat of short feathers that serve as snowshoes to help it travel across the snow

Other birds are: snowy owl, gulls, snow goose, Canada goose

Large cattlelike mammals that stand about 5ft high

North American reindeer

Big, shaggy, member of the dog family.

Often travels more than a thousand miles in search for food, making it one of the widest ranging land mammals

Little rodents four or five inches long that look like fat round mice

The people of northern Alaska

The people of Greenland and Artic Canada

Seal and caribou

Boots from sealskin

Long hooded jackets made of different types of fur

Temporary shelters Eskimos built when they were traveling

Good way for inhabitants of the Artic to travel long distances over ice and snow

Dog

Today Eskimos and Inuits use these rather then dogs to pull their sled.

A one man boat constructed of sealskin stretched over the frame

Large open boat also made of skins stretched over a frame.

Wooden tool for hunting

Today many have moved into towns and villages because there are not enough animals left on the tundra for them to hunt to support themselves

Famous missionary to the Canadian Inuits

Vast evergreen forest that stretches for 3,000 miles to cover much of Canada and parts of Alaska

Cone- bearer, oldest and largest trees in the world

Trees that keep their leaves all year

Vary in height and grow abundantly and closely together

The most numerous and varied trees in the world

Trees that lose their leaves in the fall

Indians used it for canoes and baskets and sometimes to substitute paper

North American largest rodent

Beaver

Golden eagle

The Bald Eager

Creer, Ottawa, Yellowknife, Beaver, And Ojibway

Mixture of deies meat pounded together with eggs and chicken