They are light so they can be camouflaged in the Arctic's snow. Females are a little smaller. Their average life span is seven years. They are ancestors of the dog and so they look very much like dogs. They are also known as the Alaskan Wolf,Tundra Wolf or the White Wolf.
Arctic wolves live in Alaska, and other cold Arctic regions.
Alaska is a huge state. It is twice the size of Texas, yet contains less people than Rhode Island. The Arctic is very cold. A temperature of 60 degrees below zero is not uncommon in April, and rarely rises above minus 22 degrees. Their winter temperatures can fall to 100 below zero.