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| + Added | Communications |
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| + Added | Economy |
— | {} |
| + Added | Environment.Climate.text |
— | polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature range; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by … |
| + Added | Environment.Environmental issues.text |
— | changes in biodiversity and temperature; water pollution from use of toxic chemicals; endangered marine species; ecosystem slow to recover from disruptions or damage; thinning polar icepack |
| + Added | Environment.Marine fisheries.text |
— | the Arctic fishery region (Region 18) is the smallest in the world with a catch of only 708 mt in 2019, although the Food and Agriculture Organization assesses that some Arctic catches are reported in adjacent regions; … |
| + Added | Geography.Area - comparative.text |
— | slightly less than 1.5 times the size of the US |
| + Added | Geography.Area.note |
— | note: includes Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Greenland Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, Northwest Passage, Norwegian Sea, and other tributary water bodies |
| + Added | Geography.Area.total .text |
— | 15.558 million sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.abyssal plains.text |
— | the following are examples of abyssal-plain features in the Arctic Ocean (see Figure 2): Baffin Basin Canada Basin Fram/Amundsen Basin Greenland Abyssal Plain Iceland Basin Makarov Basin Molloy Deep (deepest point in th… |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.atolls.text |
— | none |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.continental shelf.text |
— | more than one quarter of the Arctic sea floor; the Eurasian shelf is very wide, extending out 1,500 km (930 mi), and is the largest continental shelf in the world the following are examples of continental-shelf features… |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.continental slope.text |
— | the following are examples of continental-slope features in the Arctic Ocean (see Figure 2): Litke Trough Novaya Zemlya Trough Svyataya Anna Trough (Saint Anna Trough) Voronin Trough |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.mid-ocean ridge.text |
— | the following are examples of mid-ocean ridges in the Arctic Ocean (see Figure 2): Gakkel Ridge Mohns Ridge |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.ocean trenches.text |
— | none |
| + Added | Geography.Bathymetry.undersea terrain features.text |
— | the following are examples of undersea terrain features on the floor of the Arctic Ocean (see Figure 2): Lomonosov Ridge Gakkel Ridge Alpha Ridge Mendeleev Rise Chukchi Plateau |
| + Added | Geography.Climate.text |
— | polar climate characterized by persistent cold and relatively narrow annual temperature range; winters characterized by continuous darkness, cold and stable weather conditions, and clear skies; summers characterized by … |
| + Added | Geography.Coastline.text |
— | 45,389 km |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.highest point.text |
— | sea level |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.lowest point.text |
— | Molloy Deep -5,577 m |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.mean depth.text |
— | -1,205 m |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.ocean zones.text |
— | the ocean is divided into three zones based on depth and light level; sunlight entering the water may travel about 1,000 m into the oceans under the right conditions, but there is rarely any significant light below 200 … |
| + Added | Geography.Geographic coordinates.text |
— | 90 00 N, 0 00 E |
| + Added | Geography.Geography - note.text |
— | major chokepoint is the southern Chukchi Sea (northern access to the Pacific Ocean via the Bering Strait); strategic location between North America and Russia; shortest marine link between the extremes of eastern and we… |
| + Added | Geography.Location.text |
— | body of water between Europe, Asia, and North America, mostly north of the Arctic Circle |
| + Added | Geography.Major ocean currents.text |
— | two major, slow-moving, wind-driven currents (drift streams) dominate: a clockwise drift pattern in the Beaufort Gyre in the western part of the Arctic Ocean and a nearly straight line Transpolar Drift Stream that moves… |
| + Added | Geography.Map references.text |
— | Arctic Region |
| + Added | Geography.Natural hazards.text |
— | ice islands occasionally break away from northern Ellesmere Island; icebergs calved from glaciers in western Greenland and extreme northeastern Canada; permafrost in islands; virtually ice locked from October to June; s… |
| + Added | Geography.Natural resources.text |
— | sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals (seals and whales) |
| + Added | Geography.Ocean volume.ocean volume.text |
— | 18.75 million cu km |
| + Added | Geography.Ocean volume.percent of World Ocean total volume.text |
— | 1.4% |
| + Added | Government.Country name.etymology.text |
— | the name comes from the Greek word arktikos meaning "near the bear" or "northern," and that word derives from arktos, meaning "bear;" the name refers either to the constellation Ursa Major, the "Great Bear," which is pr… |
| + Added | Introduction.Background.text |
— | The 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… |
| + Added | People and Society |
— | {} |
| + Added | Transnational Issues |
— | {} |
| + Added | Transportation.Transportation - note.text |
— | sparse network of air, ocean, river, and land routes; the Northwest Passage (North America) and Northern Sea Route (Eurasia) are important seasonal waterways |