My Tundra Biome EssayMy Tundra Biome Essay By: Julie D. By: Julie D.

The Arctic Tundra is a cold, vast, treeless area of low, swampy plains in the far north around the Arctic.

The Arctic Tundra is a cold, vast, treeless area of low, swampy plains in the far north around the Arctic.

The Arctic Tundra covers the northern lands of Europe (Lapland and Scandinavia), Asia (Siberia), and North America (Alaska and Canada), as well as most of Greenland.

The Alpine Tundra is a biome that is located on high mountain tops above the tree line.

Permafrost is a permanently frozen soil, or other deposit, characteristic of arctic and some sub arctic regions; similar conditions are also found at very high altitudes in mountain ranges.

Three types of animals that live in the Arctic Tundra are lemminings, caribou and the arctic hares