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The Arctic Circle is the area within the imaginary linę at the parallel of latitude 66.5 degrees north of the equator. Eight countries have territories here.

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Does anyone live in the Arctic?

Around four million people live in the Arctic Circle, with the largest communities in Russia, Norway, and Finland. Traditionally, native Arctic peoples have survived by hunting reindeer and fishing in the Arctic seas. But today, many Arctic communities lead morę modern lifestyles.

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There are morę than 30 different groups of Arctic peoples.

^ The Inuit of Canada, U.S.A. (Alaska), and Greenland live the farthest north and hunt seals, walrus, and narwhals.

^ The Sami people are found in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. Traditionally, they are reindeer herders, but today only 10 percent follow the nomadic way of lite.

^ Many different Arctic peoples live across Northern Russia. Several, such as the Chukchi, Dolgan, Evenk, Khanty, Nenet (below), and Yakut, herd reindeer.

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Alaska is the largest U.S. State in size,

but the least densely populated

It was bought from Russia m 1867 for $ 7.2 million.

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Frozen food

Traditionally, Arctic people have eaten

the animals and fish in their locai environment. Their diet is high on meat, because it is too cold to grow fruit or vegetables. A typical Arctic diet includes:

^ Fish    Sea birds

$$ Narwhal $$ Seal Polar bear ^ Walrus ^ Reindeer    Whale

Life on the move

Many native peoples are nomadic reindeer hunters who build temporary shelters from the materials that are available to them.

Nenet winter camp

The winter tents of the Nenet reindeer herders are madę from reindeer skin.

Cree winter tent

Khanty summer camp

The summer tents of the nomadic Khanty reindeer herders of Siberia are madę of canvas.

Cree hunters leave their villages in northern Canada for many months to find the best hunting grounds.

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