Article & Photos by Mary L. Peachin
Vol. 12. No. 3
Ice sustains life in the Arctic. Spongy tundra, sparsely vegetated by dwarf-size flowers, large-flowered wintergreen, fireweed, Arctic poppy and willow, berries, and fungi, covers the mostly barren land. Where sea and land clash, ice pack and flows, and pressure ridges drift with the occasional iceberg.