Get the facts about the Arctic Fox. Besides finding a physical description of Canada's smallest fox, you'll also learn about some of its unique facts and characteristics. Also included in this Mammal Fact Sheet on the Arctic Fox is...

An extensive research report on climate change in the Arctic and the impact this is having on the environment, flora and fauna, and indigenous peoples. (Updated: December 20, 2010)

Provides an overview of the Arctic Wolf, including their habitat, appearance, behavior, breeding, and more. Images of this species and statistics can also be found here.

Why does the Polar Vortex keep breaking out of the Arctic? Surprisingly, warming global temperatures play a role.

Scientists study sea ice extent closely because it influences global climate. Follow the decline in Arctic sea ice in this animation adapted from NASA showing the yearly maximum and minimum sea ice extents from 1999 to 2016. Resources...

NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio uses data from several sources to track seasonal changes in Arctic sea ice and land cover over time. Scientists study sea ice because it influences global climate. Watch the following visualization...

View some remarkable photos of the beautiful Arctic National Wildlife Refuge taken by artist and environmentalist, Subhankar Banerjee.

This article from the Environmental News Service gives evidence of global warming in the Arctic region.

Scientists from the University of Arizona are conducting Y chromosome research on native Siberians to try to determine whether there is a genetic affinity to North American native people. The rationale and direction of this research are...

This resource presents an overview of the Arctic - its animals, plants, people and geography.

This Smithsonian website has a brief, but thorough, article on the Peregrine Falcon that also includes a picture.

Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Inuit who live in the Arctic. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal...

A BBC News article that describes the work of Hugh Brody, a researcher of groups that live by hunting and gathering for natural and food resources. Brody describes his experiences of living with the Inuits in the Arctic who hunt and fish...

A textbook supplement site, the basic question addressed here is "How does the Arctic Haze affect environment?"

The New Bedford Whaling Museum provides a well-done, comprehensive site that includes all aspects of American whaling. This site is a pleasure to amble through if you love the lore and legend of late eighteenth-century sailing ships,...

Grizzly bears are moving north and living in areas traditionally inhabited by polar bears. Their survival in this environment is shaky at best as politicians consider opportunities for oil exploration and the building of pipelines in the...

Very interesting Smithsonian web exhibition on the culture of the peoples surrounding the Bering Strait. Enter the museum to find lost cultures due to the Cold War. Fun museum to click around in!

Find information on 37,000 years of civilization in the far North, including Russia, Northern Europe, and North America. This site is well organized, frequently updated, and offers an extensive bibliography.

This article discusses how Google Earth has brought the reality of climate change to the average person so that they can see it for themselves. The north and south poles are indicators of what is happening with climate change and an...

The ECHO Collection provides rich, multi-disciplinary educational resources in science, literacy and language arts, fine art, and social studies. The combined skills, experience, and collections of our six institutions provide...

Entry about eighteenth-century explorer Samuel Hearne, from a larger exhibition about the search for a passage to the Orient through Canada. Hearne is credited with surveying the Coppermine River and with being the first European to view...

This video illustrates a word problem involving the multiplication of fractions using an array to model the solution visually. The problem involves puffins, arctic birds that live in colonies and fish to feed their young.

Follow the endangered Porcupine Caribou Herd with Karsten and Leanne as they "become caribou" for a season. Students can watch a movie, read their diary and view slides of the herd.

Did you know that Canada lists the polar bear as a, 'species of special concern.' This page provides a glimpse at how climate change is effecting polar bears in the Canadian Arctic. You will also find some basic polar bear facts: size,...