Blogpost by Cassady Sharp
- The Vikings actually called Greenland by its name to attract settlers. Suckers!
- When the Titanic hit an Arctic iceberg, it was actually hitting a chunk that had previously melted off a glacier.
- The Arctic fox’s fur changes from brown to white during the transition from fall to winter as their skin produces melanin for camouflage.
- Fish in the Arctic Ocean survive by their own personal antifreeze. They have a frost-protection protein in their blood that allows them to swim in freezing Arctic water.
- Unlike Antarctica, the Arctic is actually habitable by humans and more than 2 million people call it home.
AND THE COOLEST THING ABOUT THE ARCTIC?
- NARWALS. The unicorns of the ocean! And yes, that tusk growing out of their head is a tooth!
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