Animals at the extremes: Polar biology
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# Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

- define and use, or recognise definitions and applications of each of the bold terms
- outline the special features of the polar regions as a habitat and list some contrasts between the Arctic and the Antarctic
- describe some effects of daylength on feeding, fat deposition and reproduction in arctic animals
- explain why the environmental controls of appetite, activity level and fecundity are essential adaptations to living at high latitudes and describe some physiological mechanisms involved
- describe some adaptations of fuel metabolism and bone formation to dormancy in bears.
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