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The Arctic Tundra and adjacent Boreal Forest or Taiga support the most cold-adapted flora and fauna on Earth. The evolutionary capacity of both plants and animals to adapt to these thermally limiting conditions has always attracted biological investigation and is a central theme of this book. How the polar biota will adapt to a warmer world is creating significant and renewed interest in this habitat.
Light up those longer winter nights with magic and adventure! Turn the pages of Issue 16 and you’ll find Snow White, the magical car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the great Norse God Odin, Jack’s house, an incredible elephant, a polar bear called Nanuk and a gift-giving North Wind! Don’t miss it!
The third book in the bestselling Bear series, now in board book format
Thirty-five years after their first groundbreaking collaboration, the creators of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? reunited to address the important topic of animal conservation.
Into the Ice: The History of Norway and the Polar Regions
The course will examine the history of Norwegian activities in the Arctic and Antarctic, including heroic expeditions, research activities, and commercial exploitation. Attention will be given to national political and cultural as well as international comparative perspectives on the making of Norway as a ‘polar nation’.
