Abiotic Factors
- low precipitation (less than five inches/year)
- extremely short growing season (only about 6-10 weeks)
- long cold winters
- poor soil
- high peaking mountains
- almost 24 hours of sunshime during the summer each day
- about only 6 hours of light during the winter each day
Biotic Factors
- Animals/plants must learn to adapt to the long cold winters
- Animals/plants must learn to adapt to little sunshine in the winter
- Animals/plants must learn to adapt to little rainfall