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    Arctic

    The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic region, from the IERS Reference Meridian travelling east, consists of parts of northern Norway, northernmost Sweden, northern Finland, Russia, the United States, Canada, Danish Realm, and northern Iceland, 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. 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. Life in the Arctic includes zooplankton and phytoplankton, fish and marine mammals, birds, land animals, plants and human societies. Arctic land is bordered by the subarctic. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    The Arctic Circle, currently at roughly 66° north of the Equator, defines the boundary of the Arctic seas and lands A political map showing land ownership within the Arctic region Artificially coloured topographical map of the Arctic region MODIS image of the Arctic. The Arctic (/ ˈ ɑːr k t ɪ k / or / ˈ ɑːr t ɪ k /) [1] [Note 1] (from Greek ἄρκτος, 'bear') is a polar region ...
  3. britannica.com

    4 days agoArctic, 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.
  4. The Arctic: a history. 2 July 2009. By the New Internationalist team. A mythical place - land of the frozen ocean, the aurora borealis and the midnight sun - the Arctic has long fascinated humankind. It has brought both riches and disaster to those who have tried to dominate it, while its indigenous people have been marginalized and ...
  5. britannica.com

    4 days agoArctic - Exploration, Inuit, Climate: In northernmost North America, only mainland Alaska and a small northwestern corner of Canada remained largely unglaciated during the latest ice age of the Pleistocene (about 2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago); these areas were joined to northeastern Asia—also largely without ice—across land exposed by low sea levels at what is now the Bering Strait.
  6. churchillscience.ca

    Nov 29, 2023The Tara Expeditions (2006-2008): A French initiative where the schooner Tara drifted with the Arctic ice for over a year, collecting valuable data on the Arctic ecosystem and the impact of climate change. MOSAiC Expedition (2019-2020): The largest Arctic expedition in history, led by the German research icebreaker Polarstern, embarked in 2019 ...
  7. naturalhistory.si.edu

    Dec 4, 2024The Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History. Staff at the Arctic Studies Center (ASC) work with Indigenous peoples of the Arctic on research about northern lands, environments, and cultures and to facilitate access to Smithsonian collections and resources. Learn more about their work:
  8. britannica.com

    4 days agoArctic - Exploration, Study, Climate: 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. Probably the first to approach the Arctic regions was a Greek, Pytheas, who in the 4th century bce made a voyage ...
  9. Archaeological evidence of early habitation is considered, including the remarkable Whale Alley on Yttygran Island in Russia's Far East, an Arctic 'Stonehenge'. Later chapters cover the history of whaling, of the Hudson's Bay Company and other fur traders, and of the exploitation of the Arctic's natural resources.
  10. press.uchicago.edu

    In A History of the Arctic, award-winning polar historian John McCannon provides an engaging overview of the region that spans from the Stone Age to the present.McCannon discusses polar exploration and science, nation-building, diplomacy, environmental issues, and climate change, and the role indigenous populations have played in the arctic's story.
  11. Geopolitics -- Arctic regions, Arctic peoples, Climatic changes -- Arctic regions, Natural resources -- Arctic regions -- Management, Arctic regions -- History, Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- History, Arctic regions -- Environmental conditions, Arctic regions -- Climate Publisher London : Reaktion Books Collection

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