Challenge students to explore the site and to answer the following questions. Students might complete the slightly more difficult Scavenger Hunt found on the The Arctic and Its Animals Web site. Anthropologists believe the Americas were originally populated by nomads from Asia who migrated across a land bridge connecting Alaska with Siberia. You can tell how old a walrus is by the number of rings you find in a cross-section of its teeth. The polar bear's black skin allows it to soak up as much heat as possible from the sun.
Arctic hare have short ears while hare outside of Arctic areas have long ears.
Going fast helps a wolverine stay on top of the snow. The caribou is a member of the deer family. Eskimos use the winter fur of collared lemmings to make doll clothing. A narwhal is a kind of whale. Arctic fox mainly eat small mammals, such as lemmings.