Adaptation of plant life to extreme cold temperatures
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Watch as Sir David Attenborough explores different types of plants that live on Ellesmere Island, where the water is frozen, nutrients are limited, and the sky stays dark for 6 months of the year.
How is plant life adapted to survive in freezing Arctic temperatures?
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00xcr7m
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