Part memoir, part travelogue, this is the story of one woman's six years living in a reindeer-herding village in the Arctic Tundra, forging a life on her own as

This account of the life of the tundra provides a fascinating insight into the ways in which animals, plants and climate interact in an inhospitable environment

"Inuujaq, a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra, soon learns that the tundra's colourful flowers, mosses, shrubs, and lichens are much

Describes food chains in the tundra, beginning with carnivores, such as a falcon or a polar bear, and ending with decomposers.

Talks about each habitat and shows what would happen if the food chain was broken.