The polar ice caps are an important feature of the Earth. As a first point, the white color of the snow bounces some of the sun rays back because white is not a heat ... based lives, with occasional swims. Primary producers include bearberry, arctic willow and algae; all of which are adapted to the harshly cold climates around and in the area of the polar caps and do not grow large. Moving up the web in the category of primary consumers there are krill, salmon and lemmings. Then there are the secondary consumers which contains ... snowy owls, snow geese, arctic swans, ermines and arctic fox...

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