Polar ice

The Adelie penguin is the most widespread penguin of the Antarctic coast.

The Arctic fox is a small fox of the tundra with the best insulating fur of any mammal.

The beluga whale is a white toothed whale of Arctic and sub-Arctic seas.

The bowhead whale is a heavy Arctic baleen whale that breaks sea ice with its huge arched head.

The emperor penguin is the largest penguin and the only bird that breeds through the Antarctic winter.

The gentoo penguin is the third largest penguin and the fastest swimmer of the family.

The gyrfalcon is the biggest of all falcons, and it hunts across the Arctic tundra.

Krill are small marine crustaceans.

The leopard seal is a long, spotted seal of the Antarctic pack ice that hunts penguins, seals, fish and krill.

The muskox is a shaggy Arctic grazer, a giant relative of sheep and goats that outlived the Ice Age in Canada and Greenland.

The narwhal is an Arctic toothed whale, and the male carries a spiral tusk up to 3 metres long.

The orca is the largest dolphin and the top predator of the sea.

The polar bear is the largest bear and the largest land carnivore.

The southern elephant seal is the largest seal on Earth, and a bull can weigh more than four times as much as a cow.

The walrus is a huge tusked seal of the Arctic seas that feeds on clams from the seabed and rests in crowds on the ice.