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Smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceans.
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Atlantic Ocean
15 linksSecond-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about 106460000 km2.
Second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about 106460000 km2.
As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica).
Greenland
11 linksIsland country that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Island country that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.
Sea ice
8 linksSea ice arises as seawater freezes.
Sea ice arises as seawater freezes.
Much of the world's sea ice is enclosed within the polar ice packs in the Earth's polar regions: the Arctic ice pack of the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic ice pack of the Southern Ocean.
Alaska
9 linksState located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America.
State located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America.
To the north are the Chukchi and Beaufort seas of the Arctic Ocean, while the Pacific Ocean lies to the south and southwest.
Inuit
7 linksInuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland (Denmark), Canada, and Alaska (United States).
Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland (Denmark), Canada, and Alaska (United States).
Inuit live throughout most of Northern Canada in the territory of Nunavut, Nunavik in the northern third of Quebec, Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut in Labrador, and in various parts of the Northwest Territories, particularly around the Arctic Ocean, in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
Barents Sea
8 linksThe Barents Sea (, also ; Barentshavet, ; Баренцево море) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial waters.
North Pole
6 linksPoint in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.
Point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.
While the South Pole lies on a continental land mass, the North Pole is located in the middle of the Arctic Ocean amid waters that are almost permanently covered with constantly shifting sea ice.
Polar bear
12 linksThe polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses.
North America
5 linksContinent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere.
Continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere.
It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean.
Northwest Passage
6 linksThe Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.