Living On Ice

Many people and animals live in the Arctic.

Indigenous people called the Inuit live in the Arctic regions of Canada and Greenland. 

Polar bears and seals live on sea ice and swim in the icy water.

SOLVE THE PUZZLES
To find out how people and polar bears live on ice, put these story puzzles in order. You will see how the changing climate is challenging their ways of life.

An Inuit man sees changes.

An Inuit man on a boat pulling a large fish from the river

An Inuit man sees changes.

Drag and drop the pictures into the order that makes sense. When you think you've got it right, check your answer. Then watch the video!

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Polar bears weather the winter.

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Polar bears weather the winter.

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Polar bears need ice to survive.

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Polar bears need ice to survive.

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Arctic sea ice is shrinking.

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Arctic sea ice is shrinking.

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Image Credits:

Sea ice, courtesy of NOAA. Video: "Polar bears weather the winter": Footage by David O. Brown, courtesy of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; "Polar bears need ice to survive": Footage by David O. Brown, courtesy of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; "An Inuit man sees changes": Footage courtesy of the International Institute of Sustainable Development; "Arctic sea ice is shrinking": Images created using data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center; Illustrations: Polar bear illustrations by Chris Burda