If you live you in a tundra climate you will find that the tundra has a lot of plant life. Some common plants include the bearberry, arctic moss, Caribou moss, Diamond leaf willow, Labrador Tea, Pasque Flower, and the Tufted Saxifrage. The animals in the tundra eat these plants to survive and gain energy to stay warm. Some plants are useful for humans. You will also find there are many animals that live in the tundra. Some of these animals include caribou, Ermine, water birds, mosquitoes, polar bears, arctic fox, white wolves, grizzly bears, gray falcons, bald eagles, bumble bees, squirrels, Norway lemmings, shrew, and voles. Creating shelter in the tundra is very easy. The snow and ice are already there and make perfect shelter building material. Snow is mostly air which makes it a perfect insulator. There are several methods for making a snow or ice shelter, however it does not matter which method you use the first premise is always the same; You need to have 12 inches of snow or ice all the way around. Luckily if you are in the tundra chances are you are going to have clean water all around you. Ice and snow. Now never eat ice or snow for liquid for two reasons, first because the frozen water will lower your core body temperature and kill you, secondly it is very hard to be sure if it has parasites or not. To ensure it is ok to drink and to keep it from freezing your core. Find a way to boil the ice, and create clean drinking water. This is a perfect method to warm up your core. If you can’t make a fire, fill up a water bottle and put it next to your core to melt the ice and snow.In the tundra, where Inuit communities are found, there are not many building materials. No trees grow in the tundra so houses can not be made from wood unless it is transported from elsewhere. However, during a large part of the year, the cold part, there is a lot of snow in the tundra. And it turns out that snow can be a very good construction material. In the winter, Inuit lived in round houses made from blocks of snow called "igloos". In the summer, when the snow melted, Inuit lived in tent-like huts made of animal skins stretched over a frame. Although most Inuit people today live in the same community year-round, and live in homes built of other construction materials that have to be imported, in the past Inuit would migrate between a summer and winter camp which was shared by several families. Because tundra is a places where most plants cannot grow, the traditional diet consisted of almost entirely meat. Inuit fished and hunted to get their food. Whales, walruses, seals, fish were staples of their diet. Traditional tundra clothing was made from animal skins and fur. Boots were also made from animal skins. Large, thick coats with big hoods called “parkas” were worn as an outer layer. Today the parka style of coat is worn in other places in the world and it is made of many other materials.

What Its Like To Live In a Tundra Climate