Arctic

Kelly Umland, AAS CVT [email protected] About Me

Certified Veterinary Technician

Work with rescues

Disabled

Is the “crazy rabbit lady” Where are we? Ecosystems

Tundra - permafrost - Keystone species

Ice flows - Keystone species - phytoplankton

Ocean - has various depths - keystone species phytoplankton

Daylight - Arctic area is anywhere the sun doesn’t set on the summer solstice Arctic Hare

Scientific Name: Lepus arcticus

Diet: Omnivore

Size: 6-15 pounds Arctic Fox

Also known as the Snow Fox

Form female groups in complex dens

Keystone species

Still hunted for fur Arctic Wolf

Mostly in North America and

Carnivorous

Very similar to grey wolves in pack structure Lemmings and Mustulids

Lemmings - prime prey species and one of the few Arctic rodents

Stoats. Ermine, !

Polar

Black bear

Brown bear/Grizzly Ungulates (hooved )

Moose

Reindeer/Caribou

Musk ox

Dall Sheep Geese

Snow Goose

Brent Goose

Red breasted Goose

Eider Goose

Brant Goose Sea birds

Terns

Puffin Raptors

Eagles

Owls

Peregrine Falcon

Hawks

Merlins Whales

Orca

Beluga

Narwhal Greenland Shark

Can live over 400 years

Blind

Lives off of dead animals

Has the slowest metabolism known

Has a type of anti-freeze in its blood to keep it from freezing in the deep arctic waters Seals

Bearded Seal

Harp Seal

Harbor Seal

Hooded Seal

Ribbon Seal

Ringed Seal

Spotted Seal So Now What?

You can’t change what you don’t know

Look into conservation groups and do a class drive

“Adopt” a class pet through a conservation group

Remember that saving one being might not change the world, but it will change the world for that one being. Land Mammals

Arctic fox lagopus - maritimus

Arctic Hare Lepus arcticus Snowshoe Hare - Lepus americanus

Arctic Wolf - lupus arctos - Gulo gulo

Ermine - Mustela erminea

Lemming - lemmus lemmus Ungulates

Caribou - Rangifer tarandus

Moose - Alce alces

Dall Sheep - Ovis dallj

Musk Ox - Ovibos moschatus

Marine Animals

Beluga Whale - Delphinapterus leucas - Cystophora cristata

Greenland Shark - Sominosus microcephalus - Histriophoca fasciata

Narwhal - Monodon monoceros - hispida

Orca whale - Orcinus orca - largha

Bearded Seal - Erignathus barbatus - Phoca vitulina

Harp Seal - Pagophlus groenlandicus Odobenus rosmarus Birds

Arctic Skua - Stercorarius parasiticus Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus

Arctic Tern - Sterna paradisaea Snow Goose - Chen caerulescens

Bald Eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis

Ptarmigan - Lagopus muta

Puffin - Fratercula arctica Bibliography/Resources

https://www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20 Rescue - TV series on Disney + fact%20file/arctic_animal.php http://polardiscovery.whoi.edu/ researchgate.net/figure/Topographic-map-show ing-modern-day-bathymetry-National-Geophysic al-Data-Center-2001-in_fig1_307653017