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The Arctic is the polar region of Earth that surrounds the North Pole, lying north of the Arctic Circle. The Arctic region, from the IERS Reference Meridian travelling east, consists of parts of north
Aerial photo of the Greenlandic Ice Sheet
A snowy landscape of Inari located in Lapland (Finland)
Arctic vegetation in autumn displays some of the most intense and vivid colors seen on Earth (Lake Seydozero, Murmansk Oblast, Russia)
Arctic poppy in bloom within the Qausuittuq National Park on Bathurst Island (Nunavut, Canada)
Arctic Ocean
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The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five oceanic divisions. It spans an area of approximately 14,060,000 km2 and is the coldest of the world's oceans. The International Hydr
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…States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), and northern Iceland (Grímsey and Kolbeinsey), along with the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. Land within the Arctic region has seasonally varying snow and ice cover, with predominantly treeless permafrost under the tundra…
Thule archaeological site
A copepod
Sea cover in the Arctic Ocean, showing the median, 2005 and 2007 coverage
On the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean temporary logistic stations may be installed. Here, a Twin Otter is refueled on the pack ice at 86°N, 76°43'W. on April 16, 1990 during a flight to the North Pole