Polar Habitat

The extreme Arctic climate makes the region a forbidding place to travel and a challenging place to live. Even so, people have found ways to explore and live in the Arctic. Indigenous peoples have lived in the Arctic for thousands of years. Explorers, adventurers, and researchers have also ventured into the Arctic to explore its unique environment and geography.

In the winter, cold Arctic temperatures and extreme wind chills make it dangerous to venture outdoors without proper clothing and gear. Strong storms can make travel difficult. And heating a home can be challenging and expensive without trees to cut for firewood. However, people have found ways to adapt, survive, and thrive in the Arctic.

We have several kinds of inhabitance in Arctic:-

• Native People
• Arcitc Explorers
• People in the Modern Arctic

But I am going to talk about people in that modern arctic habitat and how they live, So :-

People in the Modern Arctic

·         Many people in the Arctic today live in modern towns and cities, much like their neighbors to the south. People also work in the Arctic, extracting oil and gas from rich deposits beneath the permafrost, working in tourism, or conducting research. Other people in the arctic still live in small villages much the way their ancestors did.

·         Arctic people today face many changes to their homes and environment. Climate change is causing sea ice to melt and permafrost to thaw, threatening coastal villages with bigger storms and erosion. And the declining sea ice means that the Arctic Ocean could open up for commercial shipping or tourist cruises and open more navigation ways.

·         Preservation of Indigenous Languages

·     The state of the Arctic region’s some 40 indigenous languages is varied:

·     *Many suffer from a loss of speakers, including many of the Saami dialects/languages, Yukagir,

·     Aleut, and several Athabaskan languages in Alaska and Canada. Other languages are faring

·     better, including Northern Saami, Tundra Nenets, Sakha, Chukchi, St. Lawrence Island Yupik, central

·     and eastern Canadian and Greenlandic Inuktitut, Chipewyan, Dogrib, and Slavey.