Arctic Ocean - Wikipedia
WEBThe Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions. It spans an area of approximately 14,060,000 km 2 (5,430,000 sq mi) and is known as one of the coldest of oceans. The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) recognizes it as an ocean, although some oceanographers call it the Arctic Mediterranean Sea.
Arctic - Wikipedia
WEBThe Arctic is affected by current global warming, leading to climate change in the Arctic, including Arctic sea ice decline, diminished ice in the Greenland ice sheet, and Arctic methane emissions as the permafrost thaws.
Arctic Ocean | Definition, Location, Map, Climate, & Facts
WEBMay 14, 2024 · Arctic Ocean, smallest of the world’s oceans, centering approximately on the North Pole. The Arctic Ocean and its marginal seas are the least-known basins and bodies of water in the world ocean as a result of their remoteness, hostile weather, and perennial or seasonal ice cover.
Climate of the Arctic - Wikipedia
WEBThe Arctic consists of ocean that is largely surrounded by land. As such, the climate of much of the Arctic is moderated by the ocean water, which can never have a temperature below −2 °C (28 °F).
Arctic Ocean - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBThe Arctic Ocean is the ocean around the North Pole. The most northern parts of Eurasia and North America are around the Arctic Ocean. Thick pack ice and snow cover almost all of this ocean in winter, and most of it in summer.
Arctic Ocean - Topography, Depths, Basins | Britannica
WEBExplorations after 1950 revealed the true complex nature of the ocean floor. Rather than being a single basin, the Arctic Ocean consists of two principal deep basins that are subdivided into four smaller basins by three transoceanic submarine ridges.
The Arctic Ocean—facts and information - National Geographic
WEBMar 29, 2019 · The Arctic Ocean is Earth's northernmost body of water. It encircles the Arctic, and flows beneath it. Most of the Arctic Ocean is covered by ice throughout the year—although that is...
Arctic Ocean - World Factbook Glyph
WEBThe Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five ocean basins (after the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the Southern Ocean). The Northwest Passage (US and Canada) and Northern Sea Route (Norway and Russia) are …
Arctic - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBThe Arctic is the area around the Earth's North Pole. The Arctic includes parts of Russia , Alaska , Canada , Greenland , Iceland , Lapland and Svalbard as well as the Arctic Ocean . It is an ocean , mostly covered with ice .
Arctic Ocean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBThe Arctic Ocean occupies a roughly circular basin and covers an area of about 14,056,000 km 2 (5,427,000 sq mi), almost the size of Russia. 9 10 The coastline is 45,390 km (28,200 mi) long. 9 11 It is surrounded by the land masses of Eurasia, North America, Greenland, and by several islands.
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