Visitors can see the caribou and musk ox even though this part of the exhibit is not yet constructed. TundraA treeless land with long cold winters.During short summers, melt water pools in boggy, acidic soils over a permanetly frozen subsoil. Hords of flying insects provide food for migratory birds. Sedges, grasses, mosses and stunted shrubs dominate. |
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Featured animals |
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| Common name | Scientific name |
|---|---|
| Whitefish | Coregonous clupeaformis |
| Grayling (Arctic) | Thymallus arcticus |
| Lake trout | Salvelinus namaycush |
| Arctic char | Salvelinus alpinus |
| Chum salmon | Oncorhynchus keta |
| Tundra or whistling swan | Cygnus columbianus |
| White-fronted goose | Anser albifrons |
| Blue goose | Chen caerulescens |
| Sandhill crane | Grus canadensis |
| Snowy owl | Nyctea scandiaca |
| Lapland longspur | Calcarius lapponicus |
| Snow bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| Least weasel | Mustela nivalis |
| Snowshoe hare | Lepus americanus |
| Musk ox | Ovibus moschatus |
| Barren ground caribou | Rangifer arcticus |