The slave trade ended in 1807.
Tundras and deserts have a number of similarities such as their lack of water or how organisms that inhabit them are have special features to survive their extreme weather. Both are nearly unsustainable for human life and have just like the tundra, deserts have freezing temperatures at night.
Straw and mud or clay, or otherwise called adobe (uh-dough-bee)
They affect it by off roading with trucks and more and that messes up the desert floor for animals to camoflauge like snakes.