Snow buntings are a type of bird. Their feathers change in the winter to white with some grey and black on their back and tail. This helps snow buntings hide in the snow and ice.

Snow buntings eat seeds and plant buds and insects on the ground.

They build their nests in between rocks with grass and moss, fur, and feathers.

The Arctic hare is bigger than a rabbit and it has longer back legs and longer ears. They are very fast. They can run up to 40 miles an hour!

In the winter, they have thick white fur that helps them to hide and keep them warm. In the spring, their fur changes to a blue-gray to blend into rocks and plants.

They eat plants, moss, and lichen in the winter. They eat plant buds, berries, leaves, roots, and bark in the summer.

Arctic foxes have white coats, which help them hide against the ice and snow.

Check out this video of an Arctic fox running around in the snowy winter landscape.

When the snow melts, their fur changes into a brown or gray to help it hide against the rocks and plants.

The Arctic fox has furry bottomed paws, short ears, and a short snout.

Arctic foxes dig into the snow to make their homes. These are called burrows.

Arctic char are usually dark brown with a silver back and some light spots. On their belly, they can be white, red, pink, or orange. They can change their colour when the weather changes.

Arctic char can live for as long as 40 years.

Arctic char eat shrimp and small insects when they are young. When they are adults, they eat plankton and small fish.

Seals can stay underwater for 15 minutes before they come back up for air.

They eat fish, lobsters, crabs, and shrimp.

Harp seals have sharp teeth and strong flippers to help them swim.

Young seals have fluffy white fur. When they get older, they grow a dark mark on their back and sides and their fur turns yellow and/or gray.

Harp seals can live up to 20 years.

The narwhal has a tooth that grows out of its head. This is called a tusk. The tusk can grow to almost three metres for male narwhals!

Narwals eat other animals like fish, shrimp, and squid.

Narwhals like to travel in large groups. Groups of hundreds or even thousands have been seen swimming together!

The beluga is one of the smallest kinds of whales.

Belugas live together in small groups called “pods.”

Belugas speak to each other with clicks, whistles, and clangs. Belugas can also copy different kinds of sounds.

They eat fish, shrimp, lobsters, and crabs.

Musk oxen have lived in the Arctic for many thousands of years. They have two layers of hair that helps keep them warm. The outside hairs are called “guard hairs.” The inside hair is the “undercoat.”

When the weather changes and gets warm, this undercoat falls out so that the musk oxen don’t get too hot.

Musk oxen eat roots, mosses, and lichen.

Musk oxen travel in groups called herds.

Caribou eat grasses and plants in the summer and lichen and mushrooms in the winter.

Their hooves look like a big scoop on the bottom, which helps them dig for food.

Caribou travel in groups called herds. They travel north in the summer and then south in the winter.

Adult caribou can eat about 5 kilograms of food every day!

Polar bears can swim fast using their big front paws.

They spend a lot of time in the water, but also travel using floating sheets of ice.

They eat seals and hunt by waiting for a seal to come out of the water. They also hunt by swimming underneath the ice.

Their fat or blubber keeps them warm in the icy water.