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tundra | a cold area in the Arctic region with no trees and few plants |
permafrost | a layer of permanently frozen earth |
lichen | a plant made by a fungus and an algae growing together on rocks or trees |
pack ice | large, uneven layer of floating ice formed by ice pieces pressed together |
aurora borealis | northern lights--luminous bands of flashing and moving light in arctic night sky |
aurora australus | southern lights--luminous bands of flashing and moving light in antarctic night sky |
iceberg | a mass of floating ice broken off a glacier |
glacier | a large mass of ice formed from compacted snow |