Their muse is the taiga, or boreal forest: a massive ring of mostly coniferous ... the radiant light of endless summer days, the long winter nights and natural phenomena such as the northern ...

The taiga forest is full of pine and spruce trees which have adapted to the cold climate. They have thick bark and keep their leaves in winter. Animals have also adapted to live in the taiga forest.

In winter when it snows ... where she describes the location of coniferous or taiga forests around the world and what the climate is like. Ferne focuses on the adaptations of Scot’s Pine ...