Living in the most bitter cold ecosystems on planet Earth one may find the arctic wolf. You are unlikely to ever cross the path of the arctic wolf, unless you a researcher or photographer braving the dreadful elements in the extreme north. People from tribes long accustomed to such conditions may see them from time to time, but the arctic wolves only live in the most northern parts of the north. The Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) is also known as the white wolf or polar wolf; native to Canada's Queen Elizabeth Islands, from Melville Island to Ellesmere Island. Little is known about Arctic wolves, mainly due to climate. The wolf migrates only during the wintertime when there is complete darkness for 24 hours. This greatly impedes research. About 2,250 km (1,400 mi) south of the High Arctic, a wolf movement study took place in the wintertime in complete darkness, when the temperature was as low as −53 °C (−63 °F). The researchers found that white wolves prey mainly on muskoxen and hares. Arctic wolves inhabit the harshest Arctic regions of North America and Greenland. Thanks to its isolation, the Arctic wolf is not threatened by hunting and habitat destruction in the same way as its southern relatives. “Arctic Wolf Howling”, is a hand-painted digital image and photo composite completed in Spadecaller’s Florida Studio on 4/25/2021.