Arctic Cordillera — Geobox | Range name=Arctic Cordillera other name=Arctic Rockies image size=275 image caption=Baffin Mountains at the northern end of Auyuittuq National Park country=Canada region=Labrador region1=Baffin Island region2=Devon Island… … Wikipedia
Arctic Lemming — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] … Wikipedia
Arctic Ocean — Arctic Sea redirects here. For the cargo ship, see MV Arctic Sea. The Arctic Ocean Earth s oceans (World Ocean) … Wikipedia
Arctic Refuge drilling controversy — Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Map The question of whether to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) has been an ongoing political controversy in the United States since 1977.[1] The issue has been used by both Democrats and … Wikipedia
Arctic Alaska — or Far North Alaska is a region of the U.S. state of Alaska generally referring to the northern areas on or close to the Arctic Ocean. It commonly includes North Slope Borough, Northwest Arctic Borough, Nome Census Area, Wade Hampton Census Area … Wikipedia
Lemming — Lem ming (l[e^]m m[i^]ng), n. [Nor. lemming, lemende; cf. Sw. lemel, Lapp. lummik.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of small arctic rodents of the genera {Myodes} and {Cuniculus}, resembling the meadow mice in form. They are found in both… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lemming — small arctic rodent, c.1600, from Norw. lemming, from O.N. lomundr lemming. Perhaps from Lapp luomek. Figurative sense (in reference to their mass migrations that sometimes end in plunges into the sea) is from 1959 … Etymology dictionary
lemming — [lem′iŋ] n. pl. lemmings or lemming [Dan < ON læmingi, lemming, orig., prob. “barker” < IE echoic base * lā > L latrare, to bark, lamentum, LAMENT] any of various small, mostly arctic rodents (family Cricetidae) resembling mice but… … English World dictionary
lemming — ► NOUN 1) a short tailed Arctic rodent, noted for fluctuating populations and periodic mass migrations. 2) a person who unthinkingly joins a mass movement, especially a headlong rush to destruction. ORIGIN Norwegian and Danish … English terms dictionary
Lemming — Taxobox name = Lemmings image width = 205px image caption = Lemmus lemmus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Rodentia familia = Cricetidae subfamilia = Arvicolinae tribus = Lemmini* subdivision ranks = Genera… … Wikipedia
Arctic — For the ships, see MV Arctic, SS Arctic, USS Arctic. For other uses, see Arctic (disambiguation) Location of the Arctic … Wikipedia