There is also a summer near the North Pole. In the Svalbard islands, in the Norvegian archipealgo of Spitsburg, in the midst of the Arctic ocean, the ice still dominates the summer season but for a few months a different kind of life flourishes. THis is possible thanks to the Gulf Stream which makes the climate mild enough for the reindeer, seals, seabirds, foxes and geese to spend some time on the glaciers, tundra and fiords. Small plants can also grow during this brief summer.