A Walk on the Tundra recovery a young boy drifts out

a young boy drifts out to sea on an ice floe

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A Walk on the Tundra recovery a young boy drifts outDuring the short Arctic summers, the tundra, covered most of the year under snow and ice, becomes filled with colorful flowers, mosses, shrubs, and lichens. These hardy little plants transform the northern landscape, as they take advantage of the warmer weather and long hours of sunlight. Caribou, lemmings, snow buntings, and many other wildlife species depend on tundra plants for food and nutrition, but they are not the only ones A Walk on the Tundra