Arctic Facts | Facts about Arctics

Artic legend man talks to animals

There are arctic legends that speak of a time when man could understand and speak with whales. In fact, many legends worldwide speak of a time when people and animals understood each other.

The longest coldest night on earth

The darkest time of year at the North Pole is the Winter Solstice, approximately December 21. There has been no sunlight or even twilight since early October. The darkness lasts until the beginning of dawn in early March

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Surprising difference in animal life between the Artic and Antarctic

The polar bears live only in the Arctic at the North Pole and penguins live only in the Antarctic at the South Pole.

Fun fact about the arctic and Antarctic

The Antarctic (South) is a continent surrounded by ocean while the Arctic (North) is an ocean surrounded by continents.