The biome of permanent ice is located in polar land masses, polar ice caps, and high mountain areas. It has a climate with less than 50 cm of annual precipitation mostly as snow, average winter temperatures below -30°C, and average summer temperatures from 3 to 14°C. Physical features include strong winds, lots of sunlight, very small soil, and surfaces that are mainly ice and sometimes mountainous. Plants are limited to dark-colored lichens, moss, and a few flowering plants, while animals include polar bears, arctic foxes, penguins, and other species with adaptations like fat layers and thick fur to retain body heat in the extreme cold.

1. THE BIOME PERMANENT ICE

2. LOCATION Polar land masses

3. Polar ice caps (Arctic, Greenland, Antarctica)

4. high areas (top of mountains)

5. CLIMATELess than 50 cm annual precipitation (mostly falling as snow)

6. Average Arctic winter temperatures are -30*C and average summer temperatures are from 3 to 14*C.

7. Antarctica has recorded a temperature as low as -89*C Strong winds

8. Lot of sun

9. Very small soil