<Li> Pribilof Islands Arctic fox, V. l. pribilofensis </Li> <Li> Greenland Arctic fox, V. l. foragorapusis </Li> <P> The Arctic fox has a circumpolar distribution and occurs in Arctic tundra habitats in northern Europe, northern Asia, and North America . Its range includes Greenland, Iceland, Fennoscandia, Svalbard, Jan Mayen (where it was hunted to extinction) and other islands in the Barents Sea, northern Russia, islands in the Bering Sea, Alaska, and Canada as far south as Hudson Bay . In the late 19th century, it was introduced into the Aleutian Islands southwest of Alaska . However, the population on the Aleutian Islands is currently being eradicated in conservation efforts to preserve the local bird population . It mostly inhabits tundra and pack ice, but is also present in boreal forests in Canada and the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska . They are found at elevations up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) above sea level and have been seen on sea ice close to the North Pole . </P> <P> The Arctic fox is the only land mammal native to Iceland . It came to the isolated North Atlantic island at the end of the last ice age, walking over the frozen sea . The Arctic Fox Center in Súðavík contains an exhibition on the Arctic fox and conducts studies on the influence of tourism on the population . Its range during the last ice age was much more extensive than it is now, and fossil remains of the Arctic fox have been found over much of northern Europe and Siberia . </P>

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