Arctic Ecology Activities and Links
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If you come across an excellent resource, let us know at hello@harborandsprout.com so we can add it to the list!Arctic Interactives: https://divediscover.whoi.edu/polar-regions/arctic-ecosystem/
PBS Poles Interactive Adventure: https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-poles-interactive-experience/27353/
A Brief Explanation of the Arctic Circle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unCXPvw0Xvw
The Arctic and the Antarctic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unCXPvw0Xvw
The Arctic: A Delicate Icy Ecosystem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4lwQcho1No
Pingo Formation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGZj3i3xc-Y
What is an aurora?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czMh3BnHFHQ
Northern Lights Relaxation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T75IKSXVXlc
Dorset Culture and the Arctic Odyssey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-d5keA852U
Researchers Uncover Ancient People: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKHpPWN5lOI
Ancient Greeks in the Arctic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ROBinkhBE
Thule Culture Doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP1a_MfBeGo
How Ancient Mammoth Hunters Mastered the Arctic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uut-0uI38QU
Native People of the Americas: History of the Inuit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QP-2UIckYY
Hudson’s Bay Company History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEZtO0xlBmk
Roald Amundsen’s Exploration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEFFA12i5Z0
Race to the North Pole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5gCXSnACPc
Permafrost, What is it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxixy1u8GjY
NASA Explorers: Permafrost: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ZbghndiwQ
Permafrost: What is it and Why is it so Important?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCiL428bC5Q
How the Climate System Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pBZsosMTG0
Permafrost Landforms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15FWGzG4Zzg
Thermokarst: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPLXLDlA2EA
Patterned Ground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FalYVvImFoc
Permafrost Patterns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_n7QMKDYc
The Taiga Biome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUmHWrF8MnY
Tundra & Ice Biomes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II15uUa1on0
Explore the Arctic Tundra biome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzKKrqRtcow
This Cave has been Frozen since the Last Ice Age: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3JQ4n6MXqI
The Arctic: A Delicate Icy Ecosystem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4lwQcho1No&t=33s
Glaciers & Icebergs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAgpzABEdek
How an Iceberg is Formed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3_3U_l5Y30
How Glaciers are Formed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRjyShKlo08
What is Albedo?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ0GQYiBg_U
Supraglacial Lakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgKUomZz-t0
What are Cyconite Holes?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzVbcOwopS4
Scientists Observe Bacteria Living in Arctic Ice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCbPyCW5iI8
The bacteria of snow and ice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tluWt4roLQ
Facts: The Arctic Char: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkRvE0ZLPy4&t=24s
Catching King Salmon in the Arctic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nu7pRcKF2s
Arctic: Exploring Oceans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umAeFKF2uxA
World of the Wild Episode 4: The Arctic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNynMzTqKx4
What Happens When the Permafrost Thaws?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaiXYQJUwQw
Why Siberia’s Permafrost Thaw Could be a Huge Problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPzTeWwmCLY
The Race for the Arctic is Ramping Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvRzWzQW2go
Sea Ice Ecoregions: https://youtu.be/iaT2SssKc2Q
Inside the Extreme Plan to Refreeze the Arctic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ebVUj2lh9U
A Century of Sunday Funnies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkJ4qlfUDhQ
History of Comic Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qipZ6h4S--c
Are Graphic Novels…Novels? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJpFboFcGfE
What is a Graphic Novel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHVyUOHVmnE
A Brief History of Graphic Novels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OYEBRdAlNk
Who REALLY Invented the First Graphic Novel?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlIKSeNJrC8
Jeff Lemire’s Top 10 Comics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4yITA4vJzQ
Comic Book Artist Jeff Lemire Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3FhlD-wKv0
Snow Angels Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTybGohwPO4
Snow Angels by Jeff Lemire & Jock Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx4o0HRJA1k
What is Chamber Music? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtGYDyfPlCg
The Story of Chamber Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CyUReNcy9M
What is Chamber Music (CMS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTw2Z2ttkJE
History of Chamber Music (part 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyAjIdAmsMc
Chamber Music, History & Future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUexbIddRf8
Coolest Concert Ever? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL-8zxvuuyE
Terje Isungset, Ocean Memories. Greenpeace - May 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoSWox2foVI&t=237s
Behind the Scenes of the World’s Most Northerly Ice Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6zy-mwmXNs
Egypt’s Stone Carvers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKO6X5sQ710
Watch a Masterpiece Emerge from a Block of Stone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q5IVRkXJtk
Ten Must-Have Tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFl_9WD6p28&t=69s
Lillian Elias: A Residential Survivor’s Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGSWIa5vCH0
Intergenerational Trauma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWeH_SDhEYU
Namwayut: We Are All One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zuRQmwaREY
What is Truth and Reconciliation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_DDIibxJ2I
Cape Dorset, Nunavut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o54y4S-2NHc
Virtual Tour: Inuit Sculpture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9dIGK0TudA
From Stone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAlfUpcd_Ag
Polar Bears & Arctic Ice: https://youtu.be/rqh5pxVUChw
When Will Polar Bear Populations Collapse? https://youtu.be/I7Z1H4pUfIQ
Annual Arctic Sea Ice Minimum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vphz0HbbQVo
Literary devices, definitions, and examples: https://writers.com/common-literary-devices
Arctic Ecology by Wiley Blackwell; edited by David N Thomas
Snow Angels Library Edition by Jeff Lemire
The Idea of North by Peter Davidson
The Last Viking, The Life of Roald Amundsen by Stephen R. Bown
A Farewell to Ice: A Report from the Arctic by Peter Wadhams
The World of the Polar Bear by Norbert Rosing
A History of the Arctic: Nature, Exploration and Exploitation by John McCannon
Stones, Bones and Stitches: Storytelling Through Inuit Art by Shelley Falconer
Arctic Plants of Svalbard: What We Learn From the Green in the Treeless White World by Yoo Kyung Lee
The Arctic Guide: Wildlife of the Far North by Sharon Chester
Reindeer Reflections: Lessons from an Ancient Culture by Jerry Haigh
Against the Ice: The Classic Arctic Survival Story by Ejnar Mikkelsen
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin by Paul Watson
Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North by Mark C. Serreze