The Great Arctic Skra'akan was a fearsome aquatic predator native to the polar regions of the ocean world of Mon Calamari. Able to hunt in the dark depths, it was rarely seen and as a result, its existence was not common knowledge. In 24 ABY, during a trip by the Jedi Cilghal, Jacen Solo, Tenel Ka, Zekk, and passenger Anja Gallandro, in the Mon Calamari submersible known as the Elfa, were on a mission to destroy a stash of andris spice hidden beneath a polar ice cap, when the Jedi encountered a Great Arctic Skra'akan.