- Arctic - Wikipedia
Arctic seas contain seasonal sea ice in many places The Arctic region is a unique area among Earth's ecosystems The cultures in the region and the Arctic indigenous peoples have adapted to its cold and extreme conditions
- Arctic | Definition, Climate, People, Facts | Britannica
Arctic, northernmost region of Earth, centered on the North Pole and characterized by distinctively polar conditions of climate, plant and animal life, and other physical features The term is derived from the Greek word arktos (‘bear’), referring to the northern constellation of the Bear
- Arctic - National Geographic Society
Most scientists define the Arctic as the area within the Arctic Circle, a line of latitude about 66 5° north of the Equator Within this circle are the Arctic ocean basin and the northern parts of Scandinavia, Russia, Canada, Greenland and the U S state of Alaska
- Home - NOAA Arctic
During the past thirty years, the Arctic environment has undergone profound and unprecedented changes Temperatures have increased nearly four times faster than the global average and sea ice has diminished sharply
- Deeper U. S. Cooperation With Russia Is Coming in the Arctic
The Arctic is a site of fierce strategic competition over access to things like oil, gas, development opportunities, and waterways That competition has intensified in recent years
- Arctic Lands and Peoples - Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Learn about the geography of the Arctic, the people who live there, and the Arctic anthropology and archaeology research Smithsonian is doing
- What and where is the Arctic? - Discovering the Arctic
Situated at the northernmost part of our planet, the Arctic is a meeting point of the European, north America and Asian continents At its heart is ocean spanning 5 4 million square miles (14 09 million square km), much of it permanently covered in ice, surrounded by land of the 8 Arctic States
- Arctic - Exploration, Study, Climate | Britannica
The earliest references to Arctic exploration are shrouded in obscurity as a result both of inaccurate ideas of the shape of Earth and of primitive navigation techniques, which make it difficult to interpret early maps and accounts of voyages
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