The Fascinating Plant That Lives For 300 Years Seasonal Wonderlands BBC Earth

Svalbard in the Arctic spends many months of the year in complete darkness, an unrelenting frozen winter with temperatures down to minus 40 Celsius. Some organisms – such as the compass plant – have adapted an ingenious method to survive in these extremes, ready for when the sun finally reappears

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