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Challenges of life in Alaska - Coggle Diagram
Challenges of life in Alaska
Provision of buildings and infrastructure
Houses
houses are harder to build because of the ground moving because of the permafrost
Permafrost
permafrost is where there ground is frozen solid
but when the permafrost melts it terns in to water which means that the ground would sink
Impacts on food chains and webs
krill
Krill are a keystone species.
this means that the Alaskan ecosystem heavily relies on the krill and so if krill started to dye it would have big impact on the howl ecosystem
Inaccessibility
Forces self sufficiency
roads
there are not many roads
this increases transport costs
this also means that they can not rely on daliverys
this will also decrees tourism
this is because of the constantly moving ground due to the permafrost
Extreme temperature
Climate
Alaska is and arctic tundra biome
so it is very cold with no trees
Adaptations by Iniuit people
the iniuit people have had to adapt because of there cold environment so they kill rain dear for their fir so they can make clothes they also use the reindeer as a sauce of food
they also hunt whales which are have high amounts of Veniamin a and c