The North & South Poles

The Tangents crew gets lightly festive as they talk about the increasingly-less-cold tippity-top and bippity-bottom of good old planet Earth!

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[Trivia Question]

Plant species in Arctic

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21988606/

[Fact Off]

Old Seeds!

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/120221-oldest-seeds-regenerated-plants-science?loggedin=true

https://www.pnas.org/content/109/10/4008

Camel ancestors living in Arctic

https://www.calacademy.org/explore-science/the-camel-an-arctic-animal

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/camel-ancestors-lived-arctic

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2516

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379111001661#

https://www.fda.gov/animal-veterinary/animal-health-literacy/fun-facts-about-reindeer-and-caribou

[Ask the Science Couch]

Animals/plants in polar night 

https://www.popsci.com/how-do-animals-survive-polar-night/

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/03/arctic-marine-life-polar-night/474870/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110526064627.htm

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/why-are-reindeer-eyes-golden-in-summer-but-blue-in-winter

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982215014323

Animals/plants in midnight sun

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2921307/

https://www.livescience.com/62870-summer-solstice-animals.html

https://uphere.ca/articles/what-does-24-hours-light-do-animals

https://www.alaskacenters.gov/explore/attractions/midnight-sun/effects

https://beyondpenguins.ehe.osu.edu/issue/polar-plants/plants-of-the-arctic-and-antarctic

[Butt One More Thing]

Poop bacteria in Antarctica

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25451839/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908950/