Last year I took over a certain fat man's snow fortress, which I am legally required to spend some time in to keep the deed. So, while I'm away for the winter, please find a bunch of issues for the seasonal special. And because I like to punish myself, we are covering four cold adapted creatures in one issue. Checkmate again Sundown 89, I outfoxed...me...again.
2. Bennett, John (2008), Uqalurait: An Oral History of Nunavut, McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series, McGill-Queen's University Press, p. 116
5. Mahoney, Shane P.; Weir, Jackie N.; Luther, J. Glenn; Schaefer, James A.; Morrison, Shawn F. (2011). "Morphological change in Newfoundland caribou: Effects of abundance and climate". Rangifer. 31 (1): 21-34
6. Bergerud, A.T. (2014),Caribou, The Canadian Encyclopedia
7. Egevang, Carsten; Stenhouse, Iain J.; Phillips, Richard A.; Petersen, Aevar; Fox, James W.; Silk, Janet R. D. (2010). "Tracking of Arctic terns Sterna paradisaea reveals longest animal migration". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (5): 2078-2081.
8. Boothby, Claire; Redfern, Chris; Schroeder, Julia (2019). "An evaluation of canes as a management technique to reduce predation by gulls of ground-nesting seabirds". Ibis. 161 (2): 453-458
9. Hatch, J.J. (2002). Poole, A.; Gill, F. (eds.). Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea). Philadelphia, PA.: The Birds of North America. p. 707.
10. Fiorillo, Anthony R. and Tykoski, Ronald S. (2012). "A new Maastrichtian species of the centrosaurine ceratopsid Pachyrhinosaurus from the North Slope (Prince Creek Formation: Maastrichtian) of Alaska". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (3): 561-573.
11. Druckenmiller, Patrick S.; Erickson, Gregory M.; Brinkman, Donald; Brown, Caleb M.; Eberle, Jaelyn J. (2021). "Nesting at extreme polar latitudes by non-avian dinosaurs". Current Biology. 31 (16): 3469-3478.e5.
12. Erickson, Gregory M. & Druckenmiller, Patrick S. (2011). "Longevity and growth rate estimates for a polar dinosaur: a Pachyrhinosaurus (Dinosauria: Neoceratopsia) specimen from the North Slope of Alaska showing a complete developmental record". Historical Biology. 23 (4): 327-334.
13. Lee, R. E.; Elnitsky, M. A.; Rinehart, J. P.; Hayward, S. A.; Sandro, L. H.; Denlinger, D. L. (2006). "Rapid cold-hardening increases the freezing tolerance of the Antarctic midge Belgica antarctica". Journal of Experimental Biology. 209 (3): 399-406
14. Robert Michaud, M.; Benoit, J. B.; Lopez-Martinez, G.; Elnitsky, M. A.; Lee, R. E.; Denlinger, D. L. (2008). "Metabolomics reveals unique and shared metabolic changes in response to heat shock, freezing and desiccation in the Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica". Journal of Insect Physiology. 54 (4): 645-655
15. Kelley, Joanna L.; Peyton, Justin T.; Fiston-Lavier, Anna-Sophie; Teets, Nicholas M.; Yee, Muh-Ching; Johnston, J. Spencer; Bustamante, Carlos D.; Lee, Richard E.; Denlinger, David L. (2014). "Compact genome of the Antarctic midge is likely an adaptation to an extreme environment". Nature Communications. 5: 4611
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Well that's it for this year, time for me to return to my snow fortress until next year where I'll be back with a rough legged request issue from @cbishop. And if you want to see more amazing animals and plants, please check out the Oddity Arkive or past issues. And if you want even more animals, please check out dearly departed Impurest Cheese's Guide to Animals which can be found here, or on the blog of @ficopedia someone with multiple issues...apparently.
If you still have a yearning for learning, please check out the master list of Mr Monster's Martial Arts Journey.