Look through the species files to broaden your knowledge of the fantastic animals living at the poles.

Polar animals __________________ **Birds** __________________ Adelie penguin Black-browed albatross Chinstrap penguin Crested auklet Emperor penguin Gentoo penguin King penguin Macaroni penguin Peregrine falcon Prion Rockhopper penguin Tufted puffin Wilson's storm petrel Arctic tern __________________ **Fish** __________________ Capelin Mackerel icefish Blackfin icefish __________________ **Mammals** __________________ Polar bear Antarctic fur seal Harp seal Leopard seal Walrus Arctic fox __________________ **Whales and relatives** __________________ Atlantic white-sided dolphin Beluga whale/    White whale Blue whale Bowhead whale/    Greenland right whale Common porpoise/    Harbour porpoise Hourglass dolphin/    Wilson's dolphin Minke whale/    Lesser rorqual Narwhal Northern bottlenose whale Orca/    Killer whale Southern killer whale Southern right whale dolphin __________________ **Crustaceans** __________________ Antarctic krill

The polar world is an extraordinary environment. Discover more about the world there - the Polar Front, Albedo and the Auroras.

Polar infobursts __________________ Aurora Borealis/Australis Albedo Continental ice sheet Fast ice Frazil-pancake ice cycle Glaciers The global conveyor Global warming Leads Migrating birds Migrating mammals Migration distances Ozone hole Pack ice Permafrost The polar front

	Come this way for an icy adventure on the southern sea. Set out on the icebreaker Ice Queen.

	At least 123 freshwater species became extinct during the 20th century. These include 79 invertebrates, 40 fishes, and 4 amphibians. (There may well have been other species that were never identified.)