Definition of TUNDRA

Examples of tundra in a Sentence

a report on the arctic tundra of Alaska and the polar bears that inhabit that vast, frozen plain

Recent Examples on the Web Using Golden Age writers as her guide, including Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, Nikolai Gogol and Ivan Turgenev, Wheeler stuck to regions largely outside the major cities—like beet fields in the northwest and the Arctic tundra to the east. — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, "The Ten Best Books About Travel of 2019," 21 Nov. 2019 Reuben Wu has photographed some of the world’s most remote and extreme places: Chile’s Atacama Desert, the Bisti Badlands of New Mexico, the Arctic tundra of Norway, Peru’s Pastoruri glacier. — Wired, "Drawing With Drones Over the Salt Flats of Bolivia," 16 Nov. 2019 During our exploration of the Arctic tundra, we’ll be based at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, a nonprofit research station that has hosted National Geographic–funded scientists and conservationists. — National Geographic, "Canadian Arctic Middle School Expedition," 20 Sep. 2019 The mountains here are different, and the sublime beauty of the country is enhanced by magnitude, few road connections and the mystery secreted in the Arctic tundra. — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, "Is Alaska a good place for a big-game hunter? Yes and no.," 2 July 2019 Eric Post has observed seasons at the same location on the West Greenland tundra for 26 years. — Cheryl Katz, National Geographic, "Warming at the poles will soon be felt globally in rising seas, extreme weather," 4 Dec. 2019 While most tundras have sparse vegetation, the paramos is famous for striking plants called frailejones that can be taller than humans and resemble a cross between a cactus and a palm tree. — Christina Larson And Federica Narancio, chicagotribune.com, "Intrepid scientists witness final days of Venezuelan glacier," 26 Sep. 2019 This July the Siberian tundra warmed and dried enough to catch fire for weeks, a very unusual event. — The Economist, "The consequences of a rapidly warming Arctic will be felt far afield," 21 Sep. 2019 While most tundras have sparse vegetation, the paramos is famous for striking plants called frailejones that can be taller than humans and resemble a cross between a cactus and a palm tree. — Washington Post, "Hardy scientists trek to Venezuela’s last glacier amid chaos," 3 Dec. 2019

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