At the founding, America adopted the Western concepts of civil marriage and family, in which the mother played the primary role (shared with the father) in nurturing children, with the formation of character and moral values as essential objectives.
Tundra climate, major climate type of the KÃ¶ppen classification characterized by sub-freezing mean annual temperatures, large annual temperature ranges (but not as large as in the adjacent continental subarctic climate), and moderately low precipitation.
The tundra is a bleak and treeless place. It is cold through all months of the year Summer is a brief period of milder climates when the sun shines almost 24 hours a day. It has been called the land of the midnight sun. But even the sun can't warm the tundra much. The short summer lasts only 6 to 10 weeks. It never gets any warmer than 45 or 50Â° F. During the long winter months the sun barely rises and it is dark for most of the day.Winter temperatures don't reach above 20Â° F and average -20Â° to -30Â°F.The tundra is an unusually cold and dry climate.