Arctibax make their homes above the Arctic Circle, but peoples of the far north have rarely paid these pokemon much attention. Although their meat is technically edible, the weapons historically available in the region can not actually penetrate this pokemon's hide. Abandoned Arctibax burrows are a common feature of the landscape, but they are only used to shelter from wind in emergencies; their cold temperatures make these homes far less comfortable than igloos. Arctibax's crystallized, ice-covered dorsal fin has been compared to glass, but is a precious heirloom, not a common building material; it must be scavenged, as it is impossible to seize from a living Arctibax.
Arctibax are remarkably resilient pokemon. Although they are northernmost of dragons, they are capable of tolerating sudden volcanic eruptions and periods of intense warming, and most indeed experience them over the course of their long life cycles. These pokemon have become the subject of intense interest from climatologists; if one could learn the history of Earth's climate through ice cores, how much more could be gleaned from an ice dragon? However, their smooth bodies, built for sliding on ice, do not accumulate anything remotely like Exeggutor rings; it is difficult to distinguish an aged Arctibax from one freshly evolved, nor have Arctibax nests yet provided any meaningful clues. Specialists in pokemon communication have also ventured north, but the Arctibax treated them with the same disinterest they have long viewed the region's local human populations.
North of the arctic circle, dragons burrow through the snow and permafrost, as they have in the days before humans ever existed. For all the radical changes which Man and the pokemon they tame have wrought upon the Earth, one dragon is unaffected. Arctibax was in the Arctic before humanity, and is likely to remain long after they're gone.