Guideline Type: Environment & Cultural Remains

• Environment & Cultural Remains

  Guidelines for Arcitc wildlife.

• Walrus

  The sight, sound – and not at least smell of a large group of walrus, is quite impressive.

• Seals

  There are six species of true seals in the Atlantic Arctic; harbor seal, ringed seal, harp seal, hooded seal, bearded seal and grey seal.

• Reindeer

  The reindeer, also known as caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution native to the Arctic, the Subarctic and some alpine areas.

• Polar Bear

  Polar bears can be encountered in wide-ranging areas of the Arctic. Although most polar bears are born on land, they spend most of their lives on the sea ice.

• Cetaceans

  Encounters with cetaceans are a common phenomenon in the Arctic and the number of species during the summer is around 15. The variety is great – ranging from the largest animal on the planet, the blue whale, to one of the smallest cetaceans of them all, the harbor porpoise – as well as perhaps the most peculiar of them all, the narwhal.

• Birds in the Arctic

  Birdlife in the Arctic is diverse yet unique. The large numbers of birds during this period is a distinctive feature, since most bird species only spend the summer in the Arctic.

• Arctic Fox

  The Arctic fox, also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small-sized fox native to and common throughout the Arctic. It is well adapted to living in cold environments.

• Cultural Remains Guidelines

  Cultural remains are the traces humans have left behind. They are storytellers of lived life and past times.

• Vegetation Guidelines

  Arctic summers are short, cold and unpredictable, but plants live even in the most barren places and the region is greener than you might expect.