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The long-tailed duck is a circumpolar waterfowl species inhabiting Arctic and subarctic coastal waters. It’s notable for its distinctive elongated tail feathers in males and skillful diving abilities used to forage for invertebrates and mollusks. Primarily found in North America and Eurasia, it's of...

The Common Eider is a substantial sea-duck found in Arctic and circumpolar regions. It’s notable for producing exceptionally dense down feathers, prized by hunters and textile producers for their superior insulation properties. These ducks are primarily utilized for obtaining down used in high-quali...

Rosa acicularis, commonly known as the prickly rose, is a deciduous shrub native to circumpolar and subarctic regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. The plant is characterized by its thorny stems, pink flowers, and pear-shaped red fruit known as rose hips. These hips persist into winter and ser...

The greater scaup, Aythya marila, is a medium-sized diving duck with a circumpolar breeding range across tundra regions of North America and Eurasia. It breeds in shallow lakes and ponds, then commonly winters on coastal bays, estuaries, and large ice-free lakes. Males have dark heads, white sides,...

Empetrum nigrum is a circumpolar heathland shrub whose small black berries are a critical food source for birds and mammals in arctic and subarctic regions and have been harvested by Arctic peoples for centuries.

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a circumpolar groundcover with the widest natural range of any woody plant, and its leaves have been used medicinally across northern Eurasia and North America for urinary tract conditions.