A The world's polar regions are the frozen seas and lands of the Arctic near the North Pole and the t A pose of is icy continent of Antarctica near the South Pole M 9 ICE BIRDS Adelie penguins live on sea ice in the Southern Ocean and around the coast of Antarctica These birds spend most of their lives in the icy water hunting shrimplike animals called
he places where animals and plants live and grow are called biomes Some animals and plants live in rivers and lakes or tropical rain forests Some live in polar lands Polar lands are some of the coldest places on our planet In fact the land around the North and South Poles is so cold that it is permanently frozen In the Arctic tundra farther away from the North Pole the temperature is milder during the summer when the ice melts Read on to find out what the polar lands are like and how plants animals and people live in them A lot of ice thaws during the Arctic summer to reveal a wet swampy
WORLD POLAR S This map shows the world's polar regions bounded by the Arctic Circle in the north Sex and the Antarctic Circle in the south NORTH POLE ARCTIC CIRCLE NORT AMERICA Polar bears are top predators that live on Arctic land and sea ice in areas such as Hudson Bay Canada SOUTH AMERICA Brown Station is a scientific research center in Paradise Bay Antarctica ANTARCTIC CIRCLE During the summer much of the sea ice melts to reveal the rocky coastline of Antarctica SOUTH POLE O
LANDS POLAR LANDS People from the I town of Tasilaq in Greenland have adapted to the harsh Arctic climate ARCTIC OCEAN ASIA A EUROPE AFRICA The island of Spitsbergen is a breeding ground for many Arctic seabirds AUSTRALIA Tiny Potter SOUTHERN OCEAN Emperor penguins raise their chicks in colonies on mainland Antarctica ANTARCTICA
