World's largest island; main source of icebergs in Northern Hemisphere
Greenland
Long, hooded jackets made of fur
Parkas
The native people of northern Alaska
Eskimos
A seal with blubber and coarse, frost-proof hair
Fur seal
Give another name for the aurora borealis.
Northern lights
One-man boat constructed of sealskin stretched over a frame
Kayak
Cone-bearing trees
Conifers
The native people of Greenland and Arctic Canada
Inuits
Sea bird that migrates farther than any other bird
Arctic tern
What is a large mass of ice that flows slowly over land?
Glacier
A spearlike weapon made from wood or bone with a barbed head used for hunting
Harpoon
Trees that keep their leaves all year long
Evergreen
A Viking from Norway who founded the first European settlement in Greenland
Erik the Red
North America's largest rodent; has done more than any other animal to shape North America's landscape
Beaver
What is the point beyond which trees cannot grow?
Timberline
Northern woods south of the tundra
Taiga
The most numerous and varied trees in the world
Broadleaf
"King of the birds"
Golden eagle
North American reindeer
Caribou
Name the coldest regions of the earth
A mixture of dried meat pounded together with fat and berries
Pemmican
Trees that lose their leaves in the fall
Deciduous
Most famous missionary to the Canadian Inuits
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Little rodents that look like fat, round mice
Lemmings
Give another name for "taiga"
Boreal forest