Half Way There!

      I left my hometown of New Jersey about four days ago on the very bid road trip to Alaska to explore the Polar Tundra biome. I chose the Polar Tundra biome because I feel that it's interesting to encounter a new environment that's ice instead of the original warm city. I would also like to see some new animals along the trip as well. It would be very interesting to see some new animals in my life. Here's a map of Alaska and where the Polar Tundra is.

Question of the day: Would you like to travel to the Polar Tundra?

Almost to the Tundra!

      I have never told my readers on where Polar Tundras are located. Polar Tundras are very easy to tell because of it's cold forest and plains. Polar Tundras are basically located more north of earth. Antarctica is not a Polar Tundra because it's all snow and no trees or mountains. A good example of a Polar Tundra is in Alaska, where I am almost at. Alaska doesn't have a lot of population of people but a lot of biomes instead. Another Polar Tundra which I am willing to go see next is in Canada. There's more Polar Tundras around Earth like Russia and northern India. However, they have different animals. Here's a few pics I found along the way of my road trip.

Question of the day: What do you think of these pictures?

Day 1

      Amazing from all the animals I see almost every corner. There's animals from the Caribou to the Musk Ox. I took a lot of pictures from these animals and I notice that these animals have no fear of humans. They have never been around humans so they are interested to know on how we interact. Unlike in New Jersey where every animal is afraid of us because we harm them from hunting. These animals are very interesting however, one of the animals i couldn't get close to because of them wanting to harm me which is the Grizzly Bear. As you can see from the pictures i have labled them so you know what these animals are.

               Musk Ox                                                         Caribou                                         

          Grizzly Bear                                                 Harlequin Duck

Question of the day: What do you think of these animals that I have encountered with?

Day 2

      Second day into the Polar Tundra and it's freezing. The average temperature is 64 degrees below 0 in fahrenheit. Ever since i came here i wondered on how these plants can survive in this cold. Maybe the plant has evolved into taking the water from the snow and not needing any sun. The second producer in the Polar Tundra is the Bearberry plant. This plant has bright red berries that look like cherries that are meant for bears. These aren't poisonous at all, i read that you can eat these from the bush. I have been eating them for the past 2 days and i actually feel healthier then my original food. There's no pollution to damage the plant so it's all grown naturally from mother nature. Here's a picture of the Bearberry plant.

Question of the day: Would you trust mother nature to eat the berries form this plant?

Day 3

      As i was walking down a trail i saw a spongy green, foamy mass. I googled it and it's called the Caribou Moss, it usually grows four inches in the Polar Tundra. The stems are always hollow, although its call caribou moss its actually the major species of lichen. They reproduce by animals eating the moss and by the seeds. The majority of their life they could live without water and with dormancy.

Question of the day: What would you think if you say this green spongy substance?

Day 4

          Every biome has a mid level consumer. For example, in my home town, Wanaque New Jersey, our mid level consumer was a fox. In the Polar Tundra theres many consumers but theres one right in the middle. The mid level consumer is the Arctic Fox. These foxes are about 10-16 inches long and weigh about 6-12 pounds. These foxes are small but important. Without these foxes the grizzlies and polar bears won't have anything to feed on in order to live. These foxes look like miniature Siberian Husky's and look like pets. They feed on lemmings and ermine which isn't very hard to find for them, from them fitting into small places. Here's a picture of the one i took.

Question of the day: Would you ever want to have one of these as a pet?

Day 5

      In the United States theres predators. Just like black bears and sharks, they are the prey of animals. Today i have encountered a Grizzly Bear, one of the most dangerous animals on earth. These animals will hunt you no matter if you a bypasser or an attacker. I was wondering through Mount Jossiah and while hiking i heard a big stick crack. I look up in the air and i see a giant brown animal. I couldn't get a very good look but i googled on brown animals in the Polar Tundra and i saw a grizzly bear and how dangerous they are. I took cover behind a rock and sat there waiting for the bear to pass. I have also planted my camera on the side of the rock so it could take a video of it. In about 2 hours it went away. Luckily it didn't see me, that bear would have attacked on site. There are no grizzly bears in the eastern U.S. but in Polar Tundras theres a lot. Here's the video I took of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdgepTdA3oU

Question of the day: What do you think of Grizzly bears?