Editing Arctic tern (section)

== Cultural depictions ==
The Arctic tern has appeared on the [[postage stamps]] of several countries and dependent territories. The territories include [[Åland]], [[Alderney]], and [[Faroe Islands]]. Countries include Canada, [[Finland]], [[Iceland]], and [[Cuba]].<ref name="Bird Stamps"/>

The Arctic tern was featured prominently in a sketch on the improv comedy television show ''[[Whose_Line_Is_It_Anyway%3F_(American_TV_series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' involving [[Colin Mochrie]] and [[Ryan Stiles]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/hopelasater/super-funny-whose-line-is-it-anyway-moments | title=29 "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Moments That Are Funnier Than They Have Any Right To Be|last=Lasater |first=Hope| website=BuzzFeed | date=15 July 2021 | access-date=28 May 2024}}</ref> In the sketch, Colin alluded the call of the arctic tern to sounding like the band name [[Backstreet Boys]]. <!--A potentially more useful reference would be a link to an appropriate video clip, but this requires finding one that does not run afoul of copyright restrictions.-->