TOOLIK LAKE, Alaska (AP) — With no tall trees reaching to the sky, Alaska's North Slope tundra can look desolate — especially to outsiders from the Lower 48 who are
TOOLIK LAKE, Alaska (AP) — With no tall trees reaching to the sky, Alaska’s North Slope tundra can look desolate — especially to outsiders from the Lower 48 who are used to in-your-face greenery.
But up close, “the tundra’s kind of like the jungle,” said Adam Bloom, a Florida Atlantic University plant biology student. Except this lush Arctic jungle tops out at about 10 inches (25 centimeters).
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