Download Arctic National Wildlife Reserve

The Arctic National Wildlife Reserve is located in the Northeast corner
of Alaska, bordering Canada
 To the South is Brook Range
 To the North is Arctic Ocean
Characteristics:
 Little rain fall
 Summers are short but days are long
 Little Precipitation
This type of ecosystem is also found near
the North Pole and on mountain tops.
Date
Hours of light
Jan,21,2012
5h 42 min
Feb,21,2012
9h 10 min
Mar,21,2012
12h 26 min
Apr,21,2012
15h 57 min
May,21,2012
19h 27 min
Jun,21,2012
24h
Jul,21,2012
19h 22 min
Aug,21,2012
15h 47 min
Sept,21,2012
12h 20 min
Oct,21,2012
9h
Nov,21,2012
5h 35 min
Dec,21,2012
3h 41 min
• The hours of daylight
increases until June
and start
decreasing
• There are 24 hours of
daylight in June
The little rain in the reserve can cause the
climate to be dry. But the important factor
of the reserve, the snow help keep the
climate wet.
Tundra
 Cold frosted area
 Layers of ice are formed on top of the
soil

Ranges from 36°F to 54°F in the summer
 Average of 30°F in the winter

Because there are only
a little precipitation the
snow and wind is an
important factor in the
reserve.
 Yearly precipitation is
15-25cm
 The snow makes shelter
for the animals
Different Types of Organisms
Decomposers Producers Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Bacteria
Arctic
Sedge
Black Fly
Least
Weasel
Black Fly
Alpine
Azalea
Birds
Arctic Fox
Mosquitos
Labrador
Tea
Brown
Lemming
Lynx
Lynx
Arctic
Willow
Musk Ox
Wolverine
Wolverine
Cotton
Grass
Caribou
Snowy Owl
Reindeer
Lichen
Brown Bear
Black Fly
Rabbit
Willow
Ptarmigan
In the arctic national
wildlife reserve there
are many types of
plants and animals.
Plants:
 Artic sedge
 Alpine azalea
 Labrador tea
 Arctic willow
 Cotton grass
Animals:
• Arctic fox
• Least weasel
• Snowshoe hare
• Brown lemming
• Snowy owl
Grow along the
This plant has
edges of the tundra shallow roots.
swamps and bogs.
Sedges
are small
and
stunted.
Cotton grass is a
cotton- looking
type of grass, it
grows like grass but
it’s a sedge.
Willows grow as
small matted
wood plants.
This plant grows
in great
abundance in
arctic regions.
The plumage
change between
summers and
winters.
The color of their
feathers stay the
same throughout
the year.
The black flies
feed on mammal
blood.
Mosquitoes
may carry
diseases.
Bacteria break
down dead
organisms.
• Not sociable
• Fight each
other
• Live in wet
tundra areas
• Browse at night
• Hide in thickets
at daytime
• Each year a
female produce
4-8 babies
• Hunt day and
night
• Live in open
tundra meadows
and fields
• Feed on rodents
• Depend on their sense of smell
• Dig a lot around their den
• Hunted by humans
Biotic (larger land animals)
• Travel in herds
• Migrate
between
summer and
winter ranges
• Roam their
territory
• In winter they semi
hibernate
• Low metabolism
rate
• Agile and
surefooted like
goats
• Horns are to
defend and ward
off predators
• They wade into
water to escape
predators
• Tufts sharpen
their hearing
• Thick fur
allows it to
hunt silently in
the snow
• Snowy regions
• Do not
hibernate
• They can
travel to 30km
in search of
food
Oil drilling can effect the plants and animals
 It can also effect the natural beauty of the
Arctic National Wildlife Reserve
 It can destroy the natural habitat for the
animal
To Solve the Problem:
Human should stop oil drilling

fossweb.com
arctic.fws.gov
arcticcircle.vconn.edu