The arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), also called polar wolf or white wolf, is a subspecies of the gray wolf, a mammal of the family Canidae. Arctic wolves inhabit the Canadian Arctic, Alaska and the northern parts of Greenland. They also have white fur and long canine teeth for killing their prey.
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I don’t think so he is so happy to be off
he knows where he is going
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like the snow-geese of the Arctic circle.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
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