It was as though death were a fanged spider, unfurling its web and quietly awaiting them, luring them in with a dazzling, enticing treasure right in the middle of the web.”

Wildlife". Iceland Worldwide. iww.is. 2000. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010 . Retrieved 22 April 2010. Whilst reading the book I was reminded of John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” and allegorical associations are strong throughout the story. There are many temptations –“It was as though death were a fanged spider, unfurling its web and quietly awaiting them, luring them in with a dazzling, enticing treasure right in the middle of the web.” The power politics of the white fox and red fox clans and their attendant treacheries are revealed as the animals search for the Enchanted Forest and the Spring of Reincarnation and, like Christian in Bunyan’s epic parable, there are perils, trials and tribulations galore. a b Henshaw, R.; Underwood, L.; Casey, T. (1972). "Peripheral Thermoregulation: Foot Temperature in Two Arctic Canines". Science. 175 (4025): 988–990. Bibcode: 1972Sci...175..988H. doi: 10.1126/science.175.4025.988. JSTOR 1732725. PMID 5009400. S2CID 23126602. Merriam, C.H. (1902). "Four New Arctic Foxes". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 15: 171. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018.

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In this sequel to the highly successful White Fox we follow the journey of Dilah, the white fox, and his animal friends as they follow the light of a moonstone to what they hope will be enlightenment and reincarnation. In the final chapters of the novel Chen Jiatong presents the animals with a series of tests that are designed to help them, and us, discover five key attributes of humanity – kindness, courage, faith, love and wisdom.

The story’s conclusion is very powerful and the animals achieve wisdom through their seeking and celebration of faith, kindness, love and courage. It is a great story about a group of friends who look out for each other as they follow the commands and directions of the moonstone which guides their destiny and It is a tribute to Chen Jiatong’s great skill that we are able to appreciate the story on so many parallel levels whilst still enjoying the adventure.a b c Prestrud, P. (1991). "Adaptations by the Arctic Fox ( Alopex lagopus) to the Polar Winter". Arctic. 44 (2): 132–138. doi: 10.14430/arctic1529. JSTOR 40511073. S2CID 45830118. Three old friends – Dialh (faith), Ankel – a weasel (wisdom), Little Bean – a rabbit (kindness) are joined on their quest by Tyrone – a panda (love) and Egg – a seal (courage). But these are not magical or fantastic beasts, they are very ordinary creatures and Chen Jiatong brings these everyday animals to life with human characteristics, and with all the fears and foibles that humans display, by the power of his writing. Goltsman, M.; Kruchenkova, E. P.; MacDonald, D. W. (1996). "The Mednyi Arctic foxes: treating a population imperilled by disease". Oryx. 30 (4): 251–258. doi: 10.1017/S0030605300021748. Stansbury, A.; Thomas, J.A.; Stalf, C.E.; Murphy, L.D.; Lombardi, D.; Carpenter, J. & Mueller, T. (2014). "Behavioral audiogram of two Arctic foxes ( Vulpes lagopus)". Polar Biology. 37 (3): 417–422. doi: 10.1007/s00300-014-1446-5. S2CID 17154503.

a b Gallant, D.; Reid, D.G.; Slough, B.G.; Berteaux, D. (2014). "Natal den selection by sympatric arctic and red foxes on Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada". Polar Biology. 37 (3): 333–345. doi: 10.1007/s00300-013-1434-1. S2CID 18744412. The Arctic fox is classed as a "prohibited new organism" under New Zealand's Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, preventing it from being imported into the country. [58] See also Even better, Afterpay does not report to the credit bureaus, so your credit score will remain unaffected! Healthcare and Student Discounts Arctic fox: Alopex lagopus". National Geographic. 10 September 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014 . Retrieved 6 October 2014. If you are a healthcare worker, you are also eligible for this 10% White Fox promo code. Register and verify your status through BeansID to get your White Fox discountcode.The Arctic fox has a functional hearing range between 125Hz–16kHz with a sensitivity that is ≤ 60dB in air, and an average peak sensitivity of 24dB at 4kHz. Overall, the Arctic foxes hearing is less sensitive than the dog and the kit fox. The Arctic fox and the kit fox have a low upper-frequency limit compared to the domestic dog and other carnivores. [28] The Arctic fox can easily hear lemmings burrowing under 4-5 inches of snow. [29] When it has located its prey, it pounces and punches through the snow to catch its prey. [27] Larivière, S. (2002). " Vulpes zerda" (PDF). Mammalian Species (714): 1–5. doi: 10.1644/1545-1410(2002)714<0001:VZ>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 198968737. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 December 2011. The Arctic fox is the only land mammal native to Iceland. [43] 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. [44] 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. [1]