Epilogue

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Drent, R.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1991
• Subjects: Metabolism; Cold adaptation; Cold physiology; Animal physiology; Human physiology; Survival; Animal behaviour; Animal food; Winter ecology; Adaptation (Biology); Food chain; Arctic regions; Antarctic; Arctic; Scholander; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64587

Although the papers presented here do not have the pretension of exhaustively reviewing the adaptations enabling survival through the polar winter, the range of organisms covered nevertheless allows one to discern recurring themes. For the endotherms it is tempting to set the current views against t...