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  • Several arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) rest on icebergs floating in Iceland's Glacial Lagoon. Each year, it migrates farther than any other animal, summering in both the Arctic and in Antarctica.
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  • An arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) guards the two eggs in her nest in Iceland's West Fjords. The arctic tern migrates farther than any other known animal, spending the southern hemisphere summer in the ocean off Antarctica and breeding during the northern hemisphere summer near the Arctic Circle. One study found the average arctic tern flies 44,300 miles (70,900 km) per year.
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  • An arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) flies with a capelan it caught in Jökulsárlón, Iceland (Glacier Lagoon). Arctic terns nest throughout Iceland during the summer. The bird migrates farther than any other. The arctic tern is found off South Africa and in the Antarctic Ocean during summer in the southern hemisphere.
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  • A flock of Arctic Terns (Sterna paradisaea) flies over a small lake on Grímsey Island, Iceland. Grímsey, located on the Arctic Circle, is the northernmost point in Iceland. Arctic Terns have the longest migration of any animal, flying an average of 44,300 miles (70,900 kilometers) each year. They summer in each hemisphere, breeding in the northern polar region during its summer and then fly to the edge of the Antarctic ice for the southern hemisphere summer.
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  • An arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) rests on an iceberg floating in Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon in Iceland. Arctic Terns have the longest migration of any animal, flying an average of 44,300 miles (70,900 kilometers) each year. They summer in each hemisphere, breeding in the northern polar region during its summer and then flies to the edge of the Antarctic ice for the southern hemisphere summer.
    ArcticTern_Iceberg_Jokulsarlon_5673.jpg
  • A flock of arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) rest on icebergs floating in Jökulsárlón, the glacier lagoon in Iceland. Arctic Terns have the longest migration of any animal, flying an average of 44,300 miles (70,900 kilometers) each year. They summer in each hemisphere, breeding in the northern polar region during its summer and then flies to the edge of the Antarctic ice for the southern hemisphere summer.
    ArcticTerns_Iceberg_5407.jpg
  • An arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) flies over a field on the Snæfellsnes peninsula in western Iceland. Arctic terns migrate farther than any other bird, traveling in pursuit of a continuous summer. They spend the northern hemisphere in Iceland and other areas in the far north, then travel to spend the southern hemisphere summer near Antarctica.
    ArcticTern_Flying_Snaefellsnes_8023.jpg
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