Walruses of the arctic book

The walrus is the only living species in the family odobenidae and genus odobenus. Walruses are large, blubbery, longtoothed arctic mammals. Perfect nonfiction offering for the annual kindergarten study of the arctic. Accordion player in arctic ocean entrances a herd of walruses. To minimize deadly disturbances and minimize humanpolar bear conflict, wwf is establishing artificial feeding spots on polar bear routes along the coast of russias chukchi sea. This oversized picture book presents the facts on pacific walruses with large. My all about walrus book arcticpolar animals this all about book will be a fun addition to your classroom and lessons on walruses. The twoway groups of walruses are vulnerable to disturbances, but its hard to avoid them if you dont know where they are.

This book covers information about where walruses live, what they look like, what they. Climate change puts the pacific walrus population on thin. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new. Accordion player entrances a herd of walruses as he plays a soviet waltz to them from a boat in the arctic ocean. The extraordinary sighting the biggest known exodus of walruses to dry land ever observed in the arctic under us control arrived as the summer sea ice. Thanks to their whiskers, long tusks and massive size, walrus odobenus rosmarus are unmistakably one of the most majestic and recognizable animals in the arctic. The most prominent adaptations of walruses are their tusks, which they use for many purposes. In the past decade, earlier melting of sea ice in summer sea ice has forced abnormally large numbers of pacific walruses ashore on the coasts of russia and alaska. A readable and lively text provides a closeup look at these arctic swimmers.

To begin to understand where walruses go when the ice edge retreats off the continental shelf and over deep waters of the arctic basin, usgs researchers attached satellite radiotags to walruses in the eastern chukchi sea. Beautiful pictures and easy reading format will help children fall in love with bears. There are approximately 200,000 pacific walruses and some 20. Our goal is to fulfill your dreams of taking stunning images of rare arctic wildlife in its natural habitats. Also offered in a bundle pack which includes the polar bear, emperor penguin, arctic wolf and caribou. Walruses use their iconic long tusks for a variety of reasons, each of which makes their lives in the arctic a bit easier. Walruses of the arctic book, 2009 get this from a library.

Walruses depend on sea ice as a platform for feeding and resting, and a warming arctic is disrupting their normal patterns. A walrus world capstone library capstone publishing. Each volume contains firsthand accounts from authors who live in the arctic, along with interesting facts on. Readers will learn all about walruses, from what they eat and how they raise their young to where they live and how they. From polar bears to penguins, young students love learning all about the amazing animals of the arctic. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows. They have been heavily exploited by man for food, hides, and their ivory tusks. Sara swan miller these large marine mammals are perfectly adapted to living in the arctic. Over in the arctic where the cold winds blow, a picture book by marianne berkes, illustrated by jill dubin, is a rhyming account of the animals in the arctic like a polar bear, arctic hare, whale, seal, snowy owl,wolverine and many more. This packet can be used along with books specific to the animals or it can be used on its own. Us reroutes flights around alaska beach in attempt to. Included in this unit are fullcolor posters with a colorful graphic of the animal and information on the animal. There is just one species of walrus, and its closest relatives are fur seals. Polar bears and killer whales attack walruses, mainly taking calves.

Walruses are commonly found on the ice in the arctic circle. Nov 17, 20 my all about walrus book arcticpolar animals from courtney mckerley on 9 pages this all about book will be a fun addition to your classroom and lessons on walruses. Included in this unit are fullcolor posters with a colorful graphic. Beautiful pictures and easy reading format will help children fall in love with walruses. We have always loved learning about polar bears and animals that live in the arctic. The usgs alaska science center conducts longterm research on pacific walruses to inform local, state, national and international policy makers regarding conservation of the species and its habitat. The plump baby walrus is just a few days old, but hes ready for his. Earlier that morning, our captain had informed us that we would be making a landing here. A walrus can eat as many as 6,000 clams sea creatures with shells at one time. While underwater, their heart rates slow so they dont become too cold. Norwegian arctic encompassed in norway, arctic g adventures.

The tale was full of adventures with inuit hunters and polar bears and dangerous seas. Story time just got better with prime book box, a subscription that delivers editorially handpicked childrens books every 1, 2, or 3 months at 40% off list price. Walruses can be found in most areas of the arctic ocean feeding on benthic shellfish. Modern walruses belong to a single species, within their own familyodobenidae. A walrus world caroline arnolds animals by caroline arnold.

Valerie bodden a basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of walruses, the arctic pinnipeds with whiskers. Pacific oceanwith his position as national security advisor of the united states having come to an end, john robert bolton has decided it is time to return to being one of the walruses who inhabit the arctic and subarctic waters of the northern hemisphere. This all about book will be a fun addition to your classroom and lessons on walruses. Readers will explore the world of walruses through fun facts and understandable text. Walruses in the arctic are running out of sea ice this. This book uses real photos to teach kids about the walrus. Nov 17, 20 my all about walrus book arcticpolar animals from courtney mckerley on 9 pages this all about book will be a. Walruses are mostly aquatic mammals mentioned briefly in the how to train your dragon book series. However, predators of walruses meet valiant defences by mothers on land and in the water the whole group will defend against an attack. This book follows a young polar bear cub, nanu, and a walrus calf, seela, as they grow up in the wild arctic. Set sail from scotland and its beautiful isles en route to the norwegian fjords and the remote shores of svalbard on this dazzling 15day odyssey along the fjord coastline of norway. Three pages of fun learning activities are designed to both challenge and entertain new readers.

Meet the walrus, a sea mammal who lives near the arctic circle. Your readers will learn all about walruses, from what they eat and how they raise their young to where they live and how they interact with human beings. Explore the glaciers that carved the stunning landscapes, visit arctic islands by zodiac in search of wildlife, walk through history at unesco world heritage sites, and so much more. Throughout the arctic, melting sea ice is causing pacific walruses to haul out on land in massive groups. We loved learning about walruses with this excellent nonfiction book. Illustrated informative book about walrus in the arctic circle. There are two recognized subspecies, the pacific walrus odobenus rosmarus divergens and the atlantic walrus o. There are 2 subspecies of walruses, atlantic and pacific. With real photos and easytoread sentences, this nonfiction series helps. Meet the animals introduces kids to popular wild animals. My all about walrus book arcticpolar animals from courtney. From close encounters with angry walruses, bent on destroying boats and chasing off humans to witnessing the attentive care of a walrus mother with its calf, this book gives readers from outside the arctic a firsthand look at what life alongside walruses is really like. Robert macfarlane, author of underland floating coast is a historians moby dick, a great white whale of a book that spans centuries and links landscapes, living beings, and the flux of time into a. Walruses are marine mammals that can be easily identified by their long tusks, wiry moustaches, big flat flippers and blubber filled.

Odobenus rosmarus, the walrus scientific identification. The walrus odobenus rosmarus is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the north pole in the arctic ocean and subarctic seas of the northern hemisphere. The pacific walrus odobenus rosmarus divergens is one of 4 marine mammal species managed by the u. The best opportunity to spot the king of the arctic. This nonfiction easy reader has simple, rhyming text and closeup photography of polar bears, penguins, walruses, arctic foxes, seals, and more. Walruses stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why walruses have tusks. Walruses spend about 23 of their life in the water. The extreme loss of arctic sea ice due to climate change is forcing thousands of walruses to crowd ashore on a remote barrier island off alaska, and threatening their survival barack obama will. My all about walrus book arcticpolar animals polar. Walruses are one of the largest pinnipeds, just after elephant seals. Vivid fullpage photographs make this a great choice for any reader. Arctic wildlife tours specializes in svalbard photography expeditions and in highquality photo hides in the nordic countries. John bolton waves goodbye, returns to sea to be walrus.

Dive into this book and find out what happens in a walrus world. Other adaptations include sensitive whiskers, which help them locate food, and the blubber under their thick skins, which provides energy and protects them against the arctic cold. Two large toothed walruses curiously approach our zodiac near storoya in arctic svalbard. Bears for kids amazing animal books for young readers bestselling author john davidson presents bears for kids amazing animal books for young readers. Back on land, there were over a hundred walruses splayed out before us, piled atop one another in a pulsating heap of biomass. A brilliant hybridoften reminiscent to me of barry lopezs arctic dreams in its combination of rigorous research, intense looking and listening, and its clear ethical vision. This is one of over 30 books in the amazing animal books for young readers series. The text is written in easytoread rhymes and is illustrated with irresistible photographs. These large marine mammals are perfectly adapted to living in the arctic. This large, tusked pinniped is a benthic feeder that consumes primarily bivalve mollusk prey in shallow waters over continental shelves in the arctic. Pacific walruses are migratory, inhabiting the bering sea in winter, before migrating to the chukchi sea to summer.

Arctic animals polar bears and walruses lesson plan ideas for kindergarten and first grade. If youre teaching about arctic animals, you need this book list. There is no accurate population census for the walrus but it is believed there are over 200,000 pacific walrus and only a few thousand atlantic walrus individuals. Read on for more walrus facts for kids this page is part of our arctic animals series. These marine mammals are extremely sociable, prone to loudly bellowing. Walruses genus odobenus are related to sea lions and seals, which all belong to the clade pinnipedia. Bestselling author john davidson presents walruses for kids amazing animal books for young readers.

Walruses in the arctic are running out of sea ice this year again. Walruses also have thick skin and lots of blubber fatty tissue, which protect them from the stabbing tusks of other walruses. They use them to haul their enormous bodies out of frigid waters, thus. The mustached and longtusked walrus is most often found near the arctic circle, lying on the ice with hundreds of companions. We were on the pebbled beach of torellenesett in the arctic and this was the third day of our voyage. Walruses have an air sac under their throat, which helps them float in the water so they can sleep. Learn more amazing facts about the walrus in this video from national geographic kids. Extreme arctic sea ice melt forces thousands of walruses. Arctic animals polar bears and walruses lesson plan ideas. A scholastic book list of fiction and nonfiction about polar bears and arctic animals, including titles from national geographic and the magic school bus. You and your kids will love learning about walruses introduction 1. In this article well learn more about these marine giants.