Nature&#x27;s microworlds. Svalbard

Nature's microworlds. Svalbard

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Steve Backshall takes a look at the archipelago of Svalbard in the ArcticCircle. He tries to unpick exactly how life can exist in such a cold, darkplace, he follows the fortunes of the islands residents and visitorsthrough the winter and brief summer, polar bears, ringed seals, sea birdsand reindeer all feature in the food web but he discovers that the wholeecosystem is driven by the primary producers and the bottom of the foodchain, phytoplankton and zooplankton. A huge level of productivity occurs in the Svalbard area. Fifty per cent of the entire Arctic's primary production happens here; Steve discovers that this is due to the gulf stream that extends all the way from the Caribbean.