This hands-on department maintains roads, bridges, buildings and more so Jackson County can continue to be a great place to live and work. County Executive Frank White, Jr. was elected Jackson County Executive on Nov. 8, 2016, after serving as interim County Executive since Jan. 11, 2016.
Tundra. In physical geography, tundra is a biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term tundra comes through Russian ÑÑÐ½Ð´ÑÐ° from the Kildin Sami word tÅ«ndar tÅ«ndÃ¢r, uplands treeless mountain. tract
Arctic Tundra. The Arctic tundra is a cold, vast, treeless area of low, swampy plains in the far north around the Arctic Ocean. It includes the northern lands of Europe (Lapland and Scandinavia), Asia (Siberia), and North America (Alaska and Canada), as well as most of Greenland.