The Tundra Desert

The Tundra is the snow fields that are found at the North and South Poles and it also includes the world’s highest mountain peaks. In the tundra desert the temperature is very cold, it rarely rains and there the wind is very strong. The lowest temperature on Earth has been recorded there, at -89 degrees Celsius. There only the first living organisms can be found and these are mostly lichens. Animals that live in the Tundra are the penguins, the polar bear, the snowy owl and the arctic fox.

  Leanne and Clyde

Snow Owls

Owls are fierce, meat-eating birds. Owls are found all over the world, except for the frozen Antarctic and some remote islands. Some owls feed on small mammals such as mice and rats. Many owls live in wooded areas but others are found in grassland, deserts or wet marshland. Snowy owls are good parents. They will attach any predator that comes near, even a wolf. A male snowy owl shows off to attract a female. A male will even give his new mate givens of food. Owls are very quiet fliers. Soft fringes on the edges of an owls wing feathers hell it to fly silently.

Naomi

The polar bears live in the Artic. Despites their enormous size, polar bear are capable of swimming and diving well and fast. They row with their front feet and use their hind ones for stabilisation. The fur layer fills with air and makes their bodies lighter and helps them float. The main share of the polar bear’s prey consists of   seals and walruses. It hunts for them on   land and in the sea. It hunts the seals by sneaking up slowly and running at the end, or by watching besides a hole in the ice and catching a seal as it peeps out to breathe.

By Elenia, Mariah and Naomi